Forms of governmenT

Question 1

Civics

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the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

Question 2

Community

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a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

Question 3

Government

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the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration

Question 4

Direct Democracy

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Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies.

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Representative

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a person or thing that represents another or others.

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Representative Democracy

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Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected delegates represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy.

Question 7

Monarchy

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a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch.: Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.

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Oligarchy

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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.

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Majority

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the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority):

Question 10

Minority

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the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.

Question 11

Autocracy

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government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.

Question 12

Communism

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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.

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Socialism

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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.

Question 13

Totalitarianism

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the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.

Question 14

Head of Government

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The President is both the head of state and head of government of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Under Article II of the Constitution, the President is responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress.

Question 15

Citizen Participation

Answer 15

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‘Citizen participation’ refers to citizen involvement in public decision making. In different interpretations, ‘citizens’ may be either individuals or organized communities, and ‘participation’ may involve either observation or power.

Question 16

Voting

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To vote

Question 17

Legislature

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a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.

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Anarchy

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a state of society without government or law.

Question 19

Tyranny

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arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.