Forms of Government Flashcards
Civics
the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.
Community
a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
Government
the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed
Direct Democracy
a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.
Representative
a person or thing that represents another or others.
Representative Democracy
a system of government in which citizens elect representatives who propose and vote on legislation or policy initiatives on their behalf
Monarchy
supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.
Oligarchy
a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
Majority
a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
minority
a smaller party or group opposed to a majority, as in voting or other action.
Autocracy
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others\
Communism
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Socialism
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, capital, land, etc., by the community as a whole, usually through a centralized government.
Totalitarianism
the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
Head of Government
leads the government, usually in the executive branch
