Week 4 Vocab: Forms & Systems of Government

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Rule by the people

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democracy

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Form of government where citizens directly debate and decide public issues.

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Direct democracy

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Form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions.

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representative democracy

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Ruled by a king or queen

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Monarchy

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System with hereditary king/queen as ceremonial head of state

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constitutional monarchy

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Rulers claiming total power by divine right.

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absolute monarchy

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System of government with absolute power

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autocracy

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Ruled by few

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Oligarchy

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Central government is all-powerful.

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Unitary.

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Power shared between state and central governments

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Federation