Vocabulary

Question 0

Absolute monarchy

Answer 0

King or queen with unlimited power

Question 1

Forms of government

Answer 1

Who is in charge of the government

Question 2

Authoritarian

Answer 2

A concentration of power in a leader or a small group

Question 3

Autocracy

Answer 3

One person who rules without restraint

Question 4

Constitutional monarchy

Answer 4

King or queen with limited power

Question 5

Dictatorship

Answer 5

where one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives

Question 6

Direct democracy

Answer 6

lawmaking process

Question 7

Oligarchy

Answer 7

“rule by a few”

Question 8

Regime

Answer 8

A government that is in power

Question 9

Representative democracy

Answer 9

where citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf

Question 10

Republican

Answer 10

A representative democracy where citizens choose their leaders

Question 11

Totalitarian

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Controlling the people of a country in a very strict way

Question 12

Systems of government

Answer 12

Establishes how power is shared

Question 13

Communism

Answer 13

A one party government

Question 14

Confederal

Answer 14

where the national is given limited power by the states

Question 15

Federalism

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where the national government and states share the power

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Parliamentary democracy

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where the executive branch is chosen from members of the legislative branch.

Question 17

Socialism

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A multi-party government where the government owns the factors of production.

Question 18

Unitary

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One central government controls everything. Power is not shared

Question 19

Examples of authoritarian gov.

Answer 19

King. Queen. Dictator. Oligarchy

Question 20

Examples of autocratic governments

Answer 20

King. Queen or dictator

Question 21

Characteristics of a direct democracy

Answer 21

People govern themselves

Everyone votes

Question 22

Characteristics of a republican form of a government

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Citizens choose a group of people to represent them
Make their own laws
Govern on their behalf

Question 23

Characteristics of an authoritarian government

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Power is held by a person or a group not accountable to the people
Rule by force
Freedom is limited

Question 24

Confederal system

Question 25

Federal system

Question 26

Unitary system

Question 27

What is oligarchy

Answer 27

A small group who have all the power

Question 28

What is federalism

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Power is divided between the federal or national government and the states

Question 29

What is public policy

Answer 29

Refers to the decisions and actions government takes to solve problems

Question 30

What is socialism

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Society controls all aspects of the economy either directly or indirectly through governments

Question 31

What is communism

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One party government resources in direct

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Difference between socialism and communism

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Socialism: society rules Communism: gov. Rules

Question 33

What makes a government democratic

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Leaders are chosen in free and fair elections. the government is limited in power by the Constitution

Question 34

Which system of government is a loose association of States

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Confederal

Question 35

Which system of government is associated with autocracies

Answer 35

Authorization, unitary

Question 36

Which types of government have a king/queen

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Constitutional monarch

Question 37

Who makes the decisions in a direct democracy

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All citizens voted on to decide what to do

Question 38

Who makes the decisions in a representative democracy

Answer 38

Citizens choose a group of people to represent them Make laws And govern on their behalf