Vocabulary Flashcards
Absolute monarchy
King or queen with unlimited power
Forms of government
Who is in charge of the government
Authoritarian
A concentration of power in a leader or a small group
Autocracy
One person who rules without restraint
Constitutional monarchy
King or queen with limited power
Dictatorship
where one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives
Direct democracy
lawmaking process
Oligarchy
“rule by a few”
Regime
A government that is in power
Representative democracy
where citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf
Republican
A representative democracy where citizens choose their leaders
Totalitarian
Controlling the people of a country in a very strict way
Systems of government
Establishes how power is shared
Communism
A one party government
Confederal
where the national is given limited power by the states
Federalism
where the national government and states share the power
Parliamentary democracy
where the executive branch is chosen from members of the legislative branch.
Socialism
A multi-party government where the government owns the factors of production.
Unitary
One central government controls everything. Power is not shared
Examples of authoritarian gov.
King. Queen. Dictator. Oligarchy
Examples of autocratic governments
King. Queen or dictator
Characteristics of a direct democracy
People govern themselves
Everyone votes
Characteristics of a republican form of a government
Citizens choose a group of people to represent them
Make their own laws
Govern on their behalf
Characteristics of an authoritarian government
Power is held by a person or a group not accountable to the people
Rule by force
Freedom is limited
Confederal system
Federal system
Unitary system
What is oligarchy
A small group who have all the power
What is federalism
Power is divided between the federal or national government and the states
What is public policy
Refers to the decisions and actions government takes to solve problems
What is socialism
Society controls all aspects of the economy either directly or indirectly through governments
What is communism
One party government resources in direct
Difference between socialism and communism
Socialism: society rules
Communism: gov. Rules
What makes a government democratic
Leaders are chosen in free and fair elections. the government is limited in power by the Constitution
Which system of government is a loose association of States
Confederal
Which system of government is associated with autocracies
Authorization, unitary
Which types of government have a king/queen
Constitutional monarch
Who makes the decisions in a direct democracy
All citizens voted on to decide what to do
Who makes the decisions in a representative democracy
Citizens choose a group of people to represent them
Make laws
And govern on their behalf
