Government Basics Vocab

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An institution that makes and enforces laws and public policies

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government

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the process by which a government or any institution works

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politics

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any organization that has people, place, and purpose

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institution

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structure within a society that links the people to the government
Ex: elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media.

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linkage institution

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Rule by the people

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democracy

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more of a societal term that means government/rule by the best (richest and most influential) who didn’t have former political power

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aristocracy

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a single person (like a king or queen) serves as the head of state, often inheriting the position and ruling for life or until abdication

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monarchy

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Rule by God or God’s representatives

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Theorcracy

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Rule by representatives of the people

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republic

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Rule by a small group of elites who retain all political authority

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Oligarchy

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agreement between individuals and their government, where u surrender certain freedoms in exchange for protection and societal benefits.

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social contract

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Rule by one person (not referring specifically to kings and queens)
Like a dictatorship or absolute monarchy

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autocracy

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all governing power is in a single, central authority local governments have limited self-government (operate under the central government’s orders)

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Unitarian

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a union of independent states or groups that come together for a common purpose while retaining their individual sovereignty and autonomy, with power primarily residing in the member states rather than a central authority.

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confederacy

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a system of government where several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.

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federal

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an autocratic form of government where you’re ruled by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations.

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Dictatorship

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a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income

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plutocracy

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inclination to be open to ideas and ways of behaving that are not conventional or traditional.

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liberalism

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inclination to preserve what is already established

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conservatism

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Destroying the existing system and replacing it with something new (revolution not evolution, bringing order to the galaxy)

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Radicalism

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A desire to return to old ways (Hitler, Yoda, Joseph Smith)

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Reactionary

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Government should have total control of all aspects of life (speech, marriage, child-bearing, education, religion, thought, and expression)
In a lot of distopian books/movies

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totalitarianism

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It says the government should have less control over the lives of its citizens and should let them be responsible for themselves without the involvement of the government.

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Libertarianism

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believes that the political authority of the state is legitimate to some degree

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Statism

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Absence of the government people rule themselves and are responsible for their own defense and survival (zombie apocalypse)

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anarchism

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Extreme conservatism and statism usually characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, prioritizes state/national interests over individual interests.

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Fascism