Forms of Government Flashcards
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Civics
the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.
Community
a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
Government
the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration:
Direct Democracy
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies.
Representative
a person or thing that represents another or others.
Representative Democracy
The United States is a representative democracy. This means that our government is elected by citizens.
Monarchy
a form of government with a monarch at the head.
Oligarchy
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Majority
the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total ( minority ):
the majority of the population.
Minority
the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
Autocracy
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
Communism
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Socialism
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, capital, land, etc., by the community as a whole, usually through a centralized government.
Totalitarianism
the character or quality of an autocratic or authoritarian individual, group, or government:
the totalitarianism of the father.the character or quality of an autocratic or authoritarian individual, group, or government:
the totalitarianism of the father.
Head of Government
The President is both the head of state and head of government of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
Citizen Participation
Citizen Participation is the active involvement of citizens in the legislative decision-making process allowing them to contribute to decisions that may have an impact on their lives.
Voting
give or register a vote.
Legislature
a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
Anarchy
a state of society without government or law.
Tyranny
arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
Veto
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
Declare
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms
Constitution
the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed.
Figurehead
a person who is head heads of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility:
