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forms of government Flashcards

1
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life without a government is called ___________

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anarchy

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2
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4 dichotomies of government

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  • Dichotomy 1: Based on Freedom and Rights of the People
  • Dichotomy 2: Based on Number of Rulers
  • Dichotomy 3: Based on Extent of Powers of the Central Government
  • Dichotomy 4: Based on the Relationship of the Branches of Gov’t.
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3
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2 Gov’t Based on Freedom and Rights of People

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Democracy & Communism

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4
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People are powerful and have freedom to be who they want to be

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Democracy

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5
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Free market economy, capitalism.

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Democracy

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6
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Government has full control of the political and economic lives of the people. Equal distribution of wealth. No rich, no poor.

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Communism

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7
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One cannot criticize the government

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Communism

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8
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Based on Number of Rulers

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One man rule & Run by many

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9
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ONE PERSON RULER

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  • Monarchy
  • Fascism
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10
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MANY PERSON RULER

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  • Aristocracy
  • Oligarchy
  • Democracy
  • Communism
  • Constitutional Monarchy
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11
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One Person is also called

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Autocracy

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12
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Rule of the Monarch, king or queen

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Monarchy

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13
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Type of monarchy where what he says is the law of the land

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ABSOLUTE MONARCHY

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14
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Type of monarchy where there is a constitution. There is a parliament doing the nitty-gritty of governance. The monarch is just a figure-head.

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CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

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15
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Rule of a Dictator. Everything for the glory of the state. Mostly from military uprising.

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Fascism

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16
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“rule of the best” A group of people ruled each polis

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Aristocracy

17
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ruled by very rich and powerful. They are usually selfish, corrupt, and are gluttons of wealth, pride, and more power

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Oligarchy

18
Q

Rule of the People

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Democracy

19
Q

all people decide matters in a meeting. Also called Pure Democracy.

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Direct Democracy

20
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people select representatives, then there presentatives meet together to decide matters. Also called Representative Democracy.

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Indirect Democracy

21
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A Central Committee runs the government. They are in charge of keeping the “equal distribution of wealth” and discipline in the state.

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Communism

22
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Based on the Extent of Powers of the National Government

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Unitary & Federal

23
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The national government is in-charge of all affairs. National government tells the local governments what to do.

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Unitary (ex. Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore)

24
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There is a national government which takes care of national affairs but the state is divided into units and have their own government and law.

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Federal (ex. USA, Germany)

25
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Based on the Relationship of the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government

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Presidential & Parliamentary

26
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3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

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Legislative
Executive
Judiciary

27
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Makes laws

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Legislative

28
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Implements the laws

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Executive

29
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Convicts or acquits people accused of law-breaking

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Judiciary

30
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The person who is really in-charge and responsible for running the nitty-gritty of governance

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HEAD OF GOVERNMENT

31
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The person who symbolically represents the state. He may be the head of government at the same time; or he may be another person aside from the head of government.

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HEAD OF STATE

32
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The Head of Government is ALSO the Head of State. He is elected by direct democracy. He is independent of the Legislative. In the same way, the Legislative is also independent from the head of the government.

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Presidential (Philippines, USA, Indonesia)

33
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He is the Head of Government. There may be another person who is the Head of State (like the King). The head of the government is dependent on the Legislative.

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Parliamentary (ex. UK, Canada, Japan, Malaysia)

34
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What do you call the leader of presidential

A

President

35
Q

what do you call the leader of parliamentary

A

Prime Minister

36
Q

What is PH in terms of the 4 dichotomies

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Democratic
Many Person
Unitary
Presidential

37
Q

this form of government has short arms

Unitarianism
Federalism
Oligarchy
Communism

A

Federalism

38
Q

this is an example of a constitutional monarchy.

Philippines
USA
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom

A

United Kingdom (also Japan & Thailand)

39
Q

2 countries under absolute monarchy

A

Saudi Arabia and Brunei

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