government Flashcards
autocracy
One person is power (Example: a monarchy and dictatorship)
Totalitarian
One political party is in power, and people are forced to do what the government tells them
Monarchy
a king or queen inherits their power and position through their family line
absoulte monarchy
the monarch holds total control over the country
constitutional monarchies
this is when the monarch holds some powers but it is restricted by a constitution
constitution
a writen or unwriten document that lays out the structure of a government
dictatorship
there is no shareing power with othter authorities
oilgarchy
a small group of people is in charge
democracy
the power is given to the people of the citizens, of the nation
direct democracy
this is when every citizen is given an equal vote in government and together makes all the important decisions
representative democracy
also called indirect democracy,
constitutinoal republic
one in which, rather than directly governing the people select some of their members to temporalily serve in political office.
anarchy
absense of government.
presidentital democracy
a democratict in a government of a head of people
parlimetary democracy
demicratic government where the head of government dervises there democratic legimentacy from their abitly to command support