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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 people-Philip II |
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Anarchist |
someone who wants to abolish government-Italy |
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Aristocracy |
government headed by a privileged minority-Greece |
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Autocrat |
ruler with complete authority-Justinian |
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Autonomy |
self-rule-Serbia |
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bureaucracy |
system of government-includes different job functions and levels of authority-Pharaohs of the old kingdom |
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Communism |
gov. led by a small elite controlled all economic and political life-Germany |
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Constitutional Government |
gov. whose power power is defined and limited by law-Britain |
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Democracy |
rule by the people- U.S. |
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Dictator |
ruler with complete control-Hitler |
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Direct Democracy |
citizens participate directly in the day to day affairs of gov-Athens |
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Facism |
centralized, authoritarian gov.- not communist whose policies glorify state over over individual and are destructive to basic human rights- Mussolini's |
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Federal Republic |
power divided between national gov and the states-U.S. |
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Feudalism |
loosely organized gov.- local lords governed owned land but owed military service-Medieval Kings |
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Limited monarchy |
constitution or legislative body limit's monarch's powers-England |
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Oligarchy |
ruling power belongs to a few people-Britain |
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Paternalistic |
governing a country as a father would a child-Africans |
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Parliamentary Democracy |
executive leaders are chosen by and responsible to the legislature-Britain |
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Republic |
officials chosen by the people-Paris |
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Self-Determination |
right of people to choose own form of gov.-Eastern Europe |
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Social Contract |
agreement- people gave up freedom to gov. to avoid chaos-Hobbes |
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Theocracy |
gov. run by religious leaders-Iran |
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Tyrant |
in ancient Greece, ruler who gained power by force-Greece |
