Forms of Government

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Government owns all businesses and farms and provides its people's healthcare, education, and welfare

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Communism

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Government owns many of the larger industries and provide education, health, and welfare services while allowing citizens some economic choices

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Socialism

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People own their own businesses and property and must buy services for private use, such as healthcare

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Capitalism

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Rule by a single leader who has not been elected and may use force to keep control

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Dictatorship

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What is the system where the government is elected by the people, allowing everyone who is eligible to vote to have a say over who runs the country?

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Democracy

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A strong centralized government with stringent social and economic control often led by a charismatic dictator and characterized by fervent patriotism

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Fascism

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Where a parliament (elected officials) and the monarch (head of state) rule together under the law

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Constitutional monarchy

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A form of government which consists of rule by an elite group who rule in their own interests. Especially the accumulation of wealth and privilege

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Oligarchy

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A form of government where the rulers claim to be ruling on behalf of a set of religious ideas. Or as direct agents of a deity.

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Theocracy

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Led by representatives of the voters. Each is individually chosen for a set period of time.

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Republic