Systems and Forms of Government

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What system of government is based on dividing power?

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Federal

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What system of government will see power controlled by one central authority?

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Unitary

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This system of government sees an alliance of states, or countries, that tell the central authority what to do.

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Confederate

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What form of government sees a small group of people wield power?

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Oligarchy

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In this form of government, we see citizens vote for leaders and representatives

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Democracy

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In this form of democracy, we see citizens vote for a president. In this democracy, the executive and legislative branches are separate.

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Presidential Democracy

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Citizens elect representatives and these representatives select the Prime Minister. In this Democracy, the executive and legislative are combined.

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Parliamentary Democracy

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In this form of democracy, DIRECTLY elect whatever they are voting for

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Direct Democracy

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In these elections, representatives speak on behalf of the citizens that elected them

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Representative Democracy

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This allows representatives to cast the ultimate vote in elections such as the Presidential Election.

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Republic