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23 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Monarchy |
Ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs.
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Anarchist |
Someone who wants to abolish all government
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Aristocracy |
government headed by a privileged minority or upper class
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Autocrat |
Ruler who has complete authority |
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Autonomy |
self rule
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Bureaucracy |
system of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority |
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Communism |
Form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx; according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole |
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Constitutional Government |
government whose pwer is defined and limited by law |
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democracy |
Government in which the people hold ruling power |
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Dictator |
Ruler who has complete control over a government; in ancient Rome, a leader appointed to rule for six months in times of emergency |
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Direct Democracy |
System of government in which citizens participate directly in the day to day affairs of government rather than through elected representatives. |
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Fascism |
any centralized, authoritarian government system that is not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to basic human rights |
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federal Republic |
Government in which power is divided between the national, or federal, government and the states |
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Feudalism |
Looawly orgainized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed militart service and other support to a greater lord |
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Limited Monarchy |
Government in which a constitution or legislatice body limits the monarchs powers |
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Oligarchy |
Government in whcih ruling pwer belongs to a few people |
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Paternalistic |
the system of governing a country as a father would a child |
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Parlimentary democracy |
a form of government in which the executive leaders are chosen by and responsible to the legislature (parliment), are also members of it |
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Republic |
System of government in which officials are chosen by the people |
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Self determination |
Right of people to choose their own form of government |
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Social Contract |
An agreement by whohc people gave up their freedom to a pwerful government in order to avoid chaos |
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Theocracy |
government run by religious leaders |
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Tyrant |
in ancient greexe, ruler who gained power by force |
