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17 Cards in this Set
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Democracy
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A system of government where the people are able decide how their country or community is run .
In other words: it is run by the PEOPLE. |
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Dictatorship
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Government by a dictator/one person or political party has the power to do whatever they want. People usually have very little rights or freedom.
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Anarchy
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There is no leader or political order.
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Aristocracy
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-A small group of people have the political and legal power over a larger group
-There are many different kinds of aristocracy eg. democracy, monarchy -Aristocracy can be combined with other kinds of government -In history, most aristocracies are hereditary |
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Communism
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-A kind of extreme socialism that says there should not be social classes or states
-There is no private property in a communist society -The people work in exchange for the things they need to live |
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Governor General
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A representative of a head of state
-This term is mostly used in Commonwealth countries where the governor general is a representative of the monarch |
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Coalition
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When two or more political parties join together to achieve a goal/purpose
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MMP
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-Stands for 'Mixed Member Proportional'
-An electoral system where people vote for both a local representative for that electorate; an MP, and a party vote for a political party (this determines the number of seats each party is entitled to) -New Zealand and Germany use this system |
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Electorate
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-The area represented by one member of parliament
-All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election |
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Federal System
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-The central banking system of the U.S.
-Three key objectives: Maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates |
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Election
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A formal and organised choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position
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Westminster System
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A democratic parliamentary system of government modeled after the politics of the U.K.
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Reparation
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Making amends/compensation eg. Germany's reparation debt from WWI
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Inflation
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A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money eg. after WWI, many German people used money as wall paper or to fuel their stoves as it was cheaper than wall paper or fire wood
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Holocaust
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-Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war eg. Hitler ordering the death of all Jews (and homosexuals) during WWII, resulting in the deaths of approx. six million Jewish people.
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Parts of Government (New Zealand)
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-The Legislature: makes the law and is made up of the Head of State (Queen ElizabethII) and The House of Representatives - examines, debates and votes on Bills, which are then assented to by the Governor General and become Acts
-The Executive: Initiates and administers the law (decides policies, drafts bills, enforces and administers Acts) -The Judicary: Applies the laws |
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Concentration camp
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A place in which large numbers of people are deliberately imprisoned in small areas with inadequate facilities either to provide forced labour or to await mass execution eg. the several hundred camps established by the NAZIs during WWII
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