Government Final

Front 1

Anarchy

Back 1

society without government or law. Substitution of associations of groups of people for the state.

Front 2

Aristocracy

Back 2

state ruled by a privileged class (determined by wealth or birth). Based on belief the elite know better than the common on how to rule.

Front 3

Autocracy

Back 3

system of government in which unlimited power is formally vested in one person, a monarch, ruling without restriction.

Front 4

Bureaucracy

Back 4

any form of government with power concentrated in administrative bureaus, of ten equated with formalism, red tape, and over-organization.

Front 5

Colonial

Back 5

government set up by a group of people in a foreign territory subject to the parent state.

Front 6

Communism

Back 6

a totalitarian government based on a social system where goods are held in common.

Front 7

Constitutional

Back 7

government subject to the provisions and limitations of a written enforced constitution.

Front 8

Democracy

Back 8

government with supreme power vested in the people and exercised by them. Direct/indirect.

Front 9

Despotism

Back 9

government by a ruler who uses unlimited absolute authority to achieve his goals.

Front 10

Dictatorship

Back 10

any form of government in which one person or group has absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.

Front 11

Dynasty

Back 11

long sequence of rulers from the same family.

Front 12

Fascism

Back 12

totalitarian political system with the goals of the nation more important than individual goals.

Front 13

Federal Union

Back 13

A country with a strong central government and individual provinces with limited, clearly defined powers.

Front 14

Imperialism

Back 14

policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.

Front 15

Interim

Back 15

a temporary or provisional government set up while administration changes as a result of a cabinet shake up, a sudden death, etc.

Front 16

Legislative Union

Back 16

a country having one central government with all the power to make laws for the entire country.

Front 17

Monarchy

Back 17

a government in which power is vested in a king or emperor who can pass power on to his heirs.

Front 18

Nationalism

Back 18

feeling of devotion to national interests, national unity, and national independence.

Front 19

Nazism

Back 19

national socialism, a brand of fascism. It involves anti-semitism, anti-communism, anti-pacifism.

Front 20

Occupational

Back 20

a government set up by the military to control an area taken by force.

Front 21

Oligarchy

Back 21

government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power.

Front 22

Plutocracy

Back 22

government in which the wealthy class rules.

Front 23

Representative

Back 23

a system of government in which appointed or elected agents act for a group of people.

Front 24

Republic

Back 24

state in which the people are represented by elected agents and the head of state is an elected official.

Front 25

Theocracy

Back 25

system of government by people who claim a divine right to rule.

Front 26

Totalitarianism

Back 26

centralized government with absolute control by one political party and/or the military.

Front 27

Tribe

Back 27

social and economic group usually in a primitive or nomadic state acting under a chief.