Unit 2 Vocab Part 1

The right to control or direct the actions of others, legitimized by law, morality, custom or consent.

• Authority

• Government

• Sovereignty

• Authoritarian

The group of people with the authority to govern or rule a country or state.

• Authority

• Government

• Sovereignty

• Authoritarian

The power of a country to control its own government

• Authority

• Government

• Sovereignty

• Authoritarian

A type of government in which a monarch (usually a king or queen) rules and has total power, with little or no restrictions

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

A type of government in which a monarch (usually a king or queen) rules, but has limitations on their power.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

A type of government in which the people directly vote on all law and issues.  Everyone votes on everything.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

A type of government in which the people elect leaders (representatives) to make decisions for them

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

A type of government that has unlimited power and is not accountable to the people.

• Authority

• Government

• Sovereignty

• Authoritarian

A type of government in which the people rule, either directly or through electing representatives.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

A type of government in which a single leader has unlimited power.  The leader gains and keeps power through the threat or use of force.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Absolute Monarchy