Unit 3 Cameron Winbush Flashcards

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confederation

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Type of government in which the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent states

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Iroquois confederacy

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a political alliance of american indian tribes established in the seventeenth century that featured aspects of the federal system of government adapted by the framers

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3
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totalitarianism

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a form of government in which power resides in leaders who rule by force in their own self-interest and without regards to rights or liberties

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oligarchy

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a form of government in which the right to participate depends on the possession of wealth, social status, military position, or achievement

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