Spring Interim Review 2024

autocracy

• one person controls the government and makes all of the decisions

• a small group controls the government and makes all of the decisions

• citizens elect leaders to run the government and make the decisions

• religious leaders control the government and make all of the decisions

democracy

• one person controls the government and makes all of the decisions

• a small group controls the government and makes all of the decisions

• citizens elect leaders to run the government and make the decisions

• religious leaders control the government and make all of the decisions

parliamentary democracy

• Citizens elect members to parliament, members of parliament select the head of government

• King or Queen (monarch) has total power

• Government ruled by a religious leader

• Citizens vote for president; the president is both the head of state and head of government

presidential democracy

• Citizens elect members to parliament, members of parliament select the prime minister; the prime minister is the head of government

• King or Queen (monarch) has total power

• Government ruled by a religious leader

• Citizens vote for president; the president is both the head of state and head of government

republic

• A government where the power is held by elected representatives

• King or Queen (monarch) has total power

• The government is ruled by religious leaders.

• A government where the citizens have no role in the government

legislative branch

• the branch of government that makes the laws

• the branch of government that carries out the laws

• the branch of government that interprets the laws

executive branch

• the branch of government that makes the laws

• the branch of government that carries out the laws (head of government)

• the branch of government that interprets the laws

citizen participation

• the ways citizens participate in their government, like voting

• the ways citizens destroy the government

• the ways citizens participate in running for office

• the ways citizens participate in the economy

suffrage

• economy

• war

• voting

• government

authoritarian

• a free government that demands that people obey completely and that gives personal freedoms

• a strict government that gives citizens the right to vote

• a government with full personal freedoms

• a strict government that demands that people obey completely and limits personal freedoms