Forms of Government and Foreign Policy

Loose association of states with a weak central government

• Federal
• Confederation
• Unitary
• Presidential

government where the people have an individual voice in government

• Representative Democracy
• Direct Democracy
• Communism
• Anarchy

a country that has a government in which power is held by the people.

• Dictatorship
• Representative Democracy
• Direct Democracy
• Republic

the government believes in owning all means of production and eliminating private property

• Communism
• Socialism
• Oligarchy
• Autocracy

A government ruled by a single leader who has unlimited power and denies peoples’ fundamental rights.

• Oligarchy
• Anarchy
• Autocracy
• Monarchy

An official agreement between countries

• embassy
• ambassador
• doctrine
• treaty

People who work to negotiate and maintain relations between nations

• Ambassadors
• Diplomats
• Senators
• Republicans

The chief of a diplomatic mission; representative of a country to a country where s/he is appointed.

• Ambassador
• Diplomat
• Embassy
• President

a system where individuals have a voice in government through elected leaders

• Direct Democracy
• Republic
• Representative Democracy
• Autocracy

ruled by a king or queen

• Autocracy
• Anarchy
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy