Government Terms

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A government where a sovereign makes most of the decisions.

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monarchy

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A system in which a political party or other small group takes over a government and makes all of the major decisions; government by the few.

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oligarchy

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A political system in which the people play a much greater role in deciding who the rulers are and what decisions are made; "people power".

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democracy

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A democratic form of government in which the people vote for members of political parties; the leader of which may become prime minister.

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parliamentary democracy

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A government in which one ruler has absolute power to do whatever he wishes and make and enforce whatever laws he chooses; government by one.

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autocratic government

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A form of government where power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country.

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federal system

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A form of government where the central authority holds all the power and any administrative divisions exercise only powers that the central government chooses to delegate.

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unitary system

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A political system where the head of state is also the head of government and leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch.

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presidential democracy

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What does republic/representative democracy mean?

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The people vote for their leaders.

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this type of government system is ruled by one person who has absolute control and gains their power through force (usually)

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dictatorship