6th - SS Core Concepts 2.1 to 2.3 Flashcards

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System of basic rules and principles by which a government is organized?

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Constitution

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Group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area?

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Government

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Government structure in which government actions are limited by law.

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Limited Government

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Government structure in which there are no effective limits on government

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Unlimited Government

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Unjust use of power, or I the Ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler.

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Tyranny

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Region that shares a common government.

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State

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Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.

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City-State

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State containing server all countries or territories

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Empire

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Form of government I which citizens hold political power.

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Democracy

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State that is independent of other states

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Nation-State

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Form of government in which the state is ruled by a monarch

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Monarchy

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Government in which all power is held by a single person or a small group

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Authoritarian

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Political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions.

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Communism

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System of government in which a central government has the authority to make laws for the entire country

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Unitary system

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System of government in which power is divided among central, regional and local governments

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Federal system

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