Unit 1 Vocab

A system of government in which a small group holds power

• authoritarian

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democratic

government controlling all aspects of citizens' economic, political, and social lives

• authoritarian

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democratic

government in which the people rule

• authoritarian

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democratic

a government in which one person holds unlimited political power (dictator)

• authoritarian

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democratic

form of democratic government in which executive, legislative, and judicial powers are separated

• presidential

• parliamentary

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

form of democratic government in which the elected assembly holds both executive and legislative powers

• presidential

• parliamentary

• oligarchy

• democratic

a system of government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government

• presidential

• parliamentary

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

form of government wherein citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf

• presidential

• parliamentary

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

signed in 1215, document limiting government powers in England

• republic

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

a government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power

• republic

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights