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23 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Monarchy
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Ruler with complete authority over government and people.
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Anarchist |
Someone who wants to abolish all government.
Italy |
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Aristocracy |
Government headed by a privileged minority or upper class.
Greece |
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Autocrat |
Ruler who as complete authority.
Byzantine |
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Autonomy |
Self- Ruled
Serbia |
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Bureaucracy |
Government that includes different job functions and levels of authority.
Egypt |
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Communism |
Form of Socialism.
China |
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Constitutional Government |
Government whose power is defined and limited by law.
Britain |
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Democracy |
People hold ruling power.
Athens |
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Dictator |
Ruler has complete control over government.
Rome |
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Direct Democracy |
Citizen participate in the day-to-day affairs of government.
Athens |
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Fascism |
Any centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose policies glorify the state over individual and are destructive to basic human rights.
Italy |
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Federal Republic |
Government where power is divided between the national, or federal, government and the states.
U.S. |
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Feudalism |
Loosely organized government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord.
China |
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Limited Monarchy |
Government where a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's power.
England |
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Oligarchy |
Government in which ruling power belongs to a few people.
Greece |
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Paternalistic |
Government controls.
Africa |
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Parliamentary Democracy |
Government in which executive leaders are chosen by and responsible to the legislature.
Britain |
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Republic |
Government where officials are chosen by the people.
Rome |
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Self-Determination |
Right of people to choose their own form of government.
U.S. |
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Social Contract |
Agreement in which people gave up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos.
England
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Theocracy |
Government run by religious leaders.
Switzerland |
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Tyrant |
Ruler who gained power by force.
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