Civics Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

System of Government that keeps the power in each state and give only limited power to the national government.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

system of government in which the is power is shared by two levels of government.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

System of government in which a single central government has total power over all of its other political subdivisions.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

System of government that has one person with absolute power.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.

• Autocracy

• Direct Democracy

• Theocracy

• Indirect Democracy

a system of government in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarchy

• Autocracy

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

• Theocracy

System of government in which the legislative and executive branches are together. Allows the legislature to choose the executive.

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Theocracy

System of government in which the legislative and executive branches are together. Allows the population to choose the executive.

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Theocracy

a form of government with a monarch at the head.

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Monarchy

• Presidential Democracy

• Theocracy