Terms: Forms of Government

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Government by the people

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Democracy

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People vote directly

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Direct democracy

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Representatives vote

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Indirect democracy

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Representative democracy protecting the rights of the individual

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Liberal democracy

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Although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge about the activities of those who exercise power because they lack civil liberties

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Illiberal democracy

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Government by the wealthy

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Plutocracy

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Government by a small privileged class with hereditary rule

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Aristocracy

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Government by religious leaders

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Theocracy

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Corrupt government by those who seek personal gain and wealth at the expense of the governed

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Kleptocracy

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Government reliant on technical experts

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Technocracy

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Government by a few

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Oligarchy

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Government by a single person

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Monarchy

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Absence of government

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Anarchy

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Minimum standard of living

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Socialism

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Collective epiphany in which every person has equal value and shares everything

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Theoretical communism

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Totalitarian application of the communist notion

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Modern communism

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Regime that exalts the nation and race above the individual and that stands for an autocratic government

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Fascism

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Form of extreme nationalism

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Jingoism

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Collection of states with a central government where the central government has final say

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Federal

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Collection of states with a central government where the states have final say

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Confederal

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Most of all government power resides in the federal government

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Unitary

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People get together to speak; prime minister and cabinet; no separation of powers

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Parliamentary

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Form of government in which representatives are elected an these is no king or queen

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Republicanism

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Leader obtains power through elections and the government gets what it wants but does not run everything

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Authoritarianism

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Political system based on subordination of the individual to the states where there is struck control of all aspects of life

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Totalitarianism

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Belief in human equality

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Egalitarianism

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Person who rules with absolute authority, often in a brutal way

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Dictator

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Philosophy that holds that decision should be made according to the numerical majority

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Majoritarianism

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Philosophy that holds that decision should be made according to whoever receives the most votes

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Pluralism

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Rule by women

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Matriarchy

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Rule by men

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Patriarchy

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System that protects people and gives them what they need but does not give them any responsibility or the freedom of choice

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Paternalism

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Practice by which a country increases its power by conquering other territory

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Imperialism

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Influence or control over another country or group of people

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Hegemony

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Small country this is controlled or protected by a larger country

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Protectorate