Foundations of Government

a government that gives all key powers to the national or central government

• Unitary system

• confederacy system

• federal system

• constitutional system

a loose union of independent states

• oligarchy

• republic

• assembly

• confederacy

a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments

• Authoritarian system

• federal system

• unitary system

• monarchal system

a plan that provides the rules for government

• unitary

• articles

• constitution

• oligarchy

a government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern

• monarcial government

• totalitarian government

• democratic government

• constitutional government

controlling all aspects of citizens’ economic, political, and social lives

• authoritarian

• oligarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

a gathering

• an assembly

• A group

• a meeting

• a reunion

a system of government in which power is in the hands of one person who has total control

• triumvirate

• Dictatorship

• President

• prime minister

a system of government in which a small group holds power

• federal system

• republic

• oligarchy

• confederacy

a system of government in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

• party secretary