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Absolute monarchy

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King or queen with unlimited power

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Forms of government

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Who is in charge of the government

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Authoritarian

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A concentration of power in a leader or a small group

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Autocracy

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One person who rules without restraint

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Constitutional monarchy

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King or queen with limited power

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Dictatorship

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where one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives

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Direct democracy

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lawmaking process

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Oligarchy

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“rule by a few”

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Regime

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A government that is in power

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Representative democracy

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where citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf

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Republican

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A representative democracy where citizens choose their leaders

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Totalitarian

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Controlling the people of a country in a very strict way

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Systems of government

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Establishes how power is shared

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Communism

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A one party government

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Confederal

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where the national is given limited power by the states

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Federalism

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where the national government and states share the power

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Parliamentary democracy

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where the executive branch is chosen from members of the legislative branch.

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Socialism

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A multi-party government where the government owns the factors of production.

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Unitary

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One central government controls everything. Power is not shared

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Examples of authoritarian gov.

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King. Queen. Dictator. Oligarchy

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Examples of autocratic governments

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King. Queen or dictator

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Characteristics of a direct democracy

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People govern themselves

Everyone votes

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Characteristics of a republican form of a government

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Citizens choose a group of people to represent them
Make their own laws
Govern on their behalf

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Characteristics of an authoritarian government

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Power is held by a person or a group not accountable to the people
Rule by force
Freedom is limited

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Confederal system

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Federal system

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Unitary system

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What is oligarchy

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A small group who have all the power

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What is federalism

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Power is divided between the federal or national government and the states

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What is public policy

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Refers to the decisions and actions government takes to solve problems

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What is socialism

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Society controls all aspects of the economy either directly or indirectly through governments

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What is communism

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One party government resources in direct

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Difference between socialism and communism

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Socialism: society rules
Communism: gov. Rules

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What makes a government democratic

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Leaders are chosen in free and fair elections. the government is limited in power by the Constitution

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Which system of government is a loose association of States

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Confederal

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Which system of government is associated with autocracies

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Authorization, unitary

36
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Which types of government have a king/queen

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Constitutional monarch

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Who makes the decisions in a direct democracy

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All citizens voted on to decide what to do

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Who makes the decisions in a representative democracy

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Citizens choose a group of people to represent them
Make laws
And govern on their behalf

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