government Flashcards
autocracy
one person in power
monarchy
a king or queen inherits their power
totalitarian
one party is in power
absolute monarchies
the monarch holds some power
constitution
a written or unwritten document of the laws
dictatorship
no sharing power with other authorities
what are the 3 forms of government
executive judicial legislative
autocracy
one person in power
monarchy
a king or queen inherits there power
absolute monarchy
a monarch holds total control over the country
constitutional monarchies
this ts when a monarch holds some power
constitution
a written or unwritten document that lays out the structure of that country
totalitarian
one party in power
oligarchy
a small group of people in charge
direct democracy
every citizen is given equal vote
‘democracy
the power is given to the people
representative democracy
modeled after the ancient roman republic
constitutional republic
US cidicions vote on representatives
theocracy
a government run by religious doctrine
what can the powers of government do
enforce laws make laws power for cort
presidential democracy
people directly vote for the leader and representatives
parliamentary democracy
people vote for there legestlayer
