Gov't

Question 1

A system of government in which citizens exercise supreme power, acting either directly on their own or through elected representatives.

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Democracy

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A system of government in which a single ruler exercises supreme power based on heredity or divine right.

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Monarchy

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A system of government in which a single person or group exercise supreme power by controlling the military and police.

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Dictatorship

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An economic system that relies mainly on markets to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them.

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Market Economy

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An economic system in which decisions about what to produce and how are made on the basis of customs, beliefs, and tradition.

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Traditional Economy

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A democratic form of government in which citizens make public decisions directly, either in a popular assembly or through a popular vote.

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Direct Democracy

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A nation in which supreme power rests with the citizens and is exercised by their elected representatives.

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Republic

Question 8

A democracy form of government in which elected representatives make public decisions on behalf of the citizens.

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Representative Democracy

Question 9

A political system in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments

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Feudalism

Question 10

A legislative assembly in which elected representatives debate and vote on proposed laws.

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Parliament

Question 11

A government led by a heredity ruler who claims unlimited powers.

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Absolute Monarchies

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A tyrant or ruler with absolute powers.

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Despot

Question 13

A system of government in which the powers of a monarch are limited by a constitution, either written or unwritten.

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Constitutional Monarchy

Question 14

A democratic government based on a written constitution.

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Constitutional Democracy

Question 15

A system of government in which the state exercises broad control over the lives of its citizens.

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Authoritarian Regime

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An extreme form of authoritarian ruler in which the sate seeks to control every aspect of its citizens’ lives.

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Totalitarianism

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A system of government in which a single political party controls both the government and the economy; also, the theories developed by Karl Marx regarding the development of an ideal classless society.

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Communism

Question 18

A totalitarian system in which businesses remain in private hands but under government control.

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Fascism

Question 19

A form of totalitarianism and type of fascism, based in part on the myth of racial superiority; developed in Germany before World War II.

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Nazism

Question 20

The sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of military officers or political leaders; from a French term meaning “blow to the state”.

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Coup d’etat

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A government headed by religious leaders.

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Theocracy

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A nation-state in which only one political party is allowed to rule under the constitution.

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Single-Party State

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A small group of people within a larger group who have more power, wealth, or talent than the others

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Elite

Question 24

A form of direct democracy in which citizens vote to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature.

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Referendum Process

Question 25

A form of direct democracy in which citizens propose laws and submit them directly to the voters for approval.

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Initiative Process

Question 26

A political system in which voters elect lawmakers to represent them in the nation's parliament; the elected lawmakers choose a prime minister to head the executive branch.

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Parliamentary Democracy

Question 27

The chief executive in a parliamentary democracy.

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Prime Minister

Question 28

A executive branch department, often in a parliamentary system.

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Ministry

Question 29

A majority vote in parliament showing disapproval of a prime minister's performance; such a vote prompts new elections and a change of leadership.

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Vote of No Confidence

Question 30

A political system in which voters chose a president to lead the government as head of the executive branch

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President Democracy

Question 31

A political system in which the constitution concentrates power in the national, or central government.

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Unitary System of Government

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A type of government in which power is shared between the national government and smaller regional governments within the nation.

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Federal System of Government

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A political system in which independent states form a nation but retain their power under a weak central government.

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Con-federal System of Government

Question 34

A world or regional organization that is not tied to any one country.

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Supranational Organization

Question 35

A way of organizing the production and consumption of goods and services.

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Economic System

Question 36

The basic resources required to produce goods and services: land, labor, and capital.

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Factors of Production

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Any place or situation in which people buy or sell goods and services.

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Market

Question 38

An economic system that relies on the profit motive, economic competition, and the forces of supply and demand to direct the production and distribution of goods and services; also known as capitalism.

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Free Enterprise System

Question 39

An economic system in which individual investors, or capitalists, privately own the means of production; also known as a free enterprise system.

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Capitalism

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An economic system that relies mainly on the central government to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them.

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Command Economy

Question 41

An economic system that calls for public ownership of the means of production.

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Socialism

Question 42

An economic system that combines market forces with elements of a command economy.

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Mixed Economies