Unit 1 Vocabulary

Front

Sovereign power is held by those who are eligible to vote, while political power is exercised by representatives chosen by citizens.

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Republic

Front

The common term for authoritarian governments; they can be ruled by an autocrat (one person) or a group of military leaders.

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Dictatorship

Front

A system of government where all governmental power rests in one central government.

Back

Unitary System

Front

A type of government in which all governmental power rests in the hands of a single leader.

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Autocracy

Front

A system of government made up of a loose association of states where the individual states hold most of the power and the central government is very weak.

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Confederal System

Front

The executive branch and legislative branch are separate and independent from one another, but co-equal. Elections for each branch are held separately.

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Presidential System

Front

Government in which the citizens of the country hold all the power.

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Democracy

Front

A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian leader controls state owned means of production.

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Communism

Front

Fascist dictator of the Nazi Party in Germany leading into and during World War II.

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Adolf Hitler

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A system of government in which power is shared or divided between a central government and state governments.

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Federal System