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
2
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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
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
4
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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