Gov Unit 1-1

described as a centralized government. All of the powers are held by one, single, central agency

• Autocracy

• Unitarian Government

• Democracy

• Confederate Government

principle of distributing power where power is divided among the national, or central, government, and regional governments, such as states and cities.

• Federalism

• Autocracy

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

alliance of independent states where the created government only handles matters that the independent states assign to it.

• Unitarian Government

• Confederate Government

• Democracy

• Autocracy

a government in which the power is held by a small, often self-appointed elite.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Unitarian Government

supreme power rests with the people. The government is conducted only with the consent of the people.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Unitarian Government

form of democracy the will of the people is translated into public policy directly through mass meetings where citizens gather and make decisions regarding policy.

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Confederate Democracy

• Autocratic Democracy

a form of democracy where representatives are chosen through elections to represent the overall will of the people. This is the type of democracy we have in the United States.

• Representative Democracy

• Autocratic Democracy

• Confederate Democracy

• Direct Democracy

the highest legislative body in Great Britain

• Parliament

• Congress

• The Kremlin

• The Polit

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

• Republic

• Confederacy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

1215 - document forced on King John of England by a group of feudal barons who were seeking to limit the power of the King.

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• Constitution

• English Bill of Rights