Types of Governments
System of Government where religion and politics are combined.
Theocracy
The ability to get someone to act in a way they might not otherwise.
Power
This type of system allows people to vote on decisions
Direct Democracy
This is a term for a country that has dominion over its land, its own laws and confined borders
Nation-State
Monarchy
Finish the quote: power corrupts but..
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
This type of system has people vote for officials who then go and make laws on the people's behalf
Representative Democracy
Main way governments collect revenue
Taxes
This type of resistance that usually involves shaming your opposition.
Civil Disobedience
System of government that is rule by an elite few that allows for little to now opposition.
Single-Party State
The difference between a robber taking your money and the IRS taking your money is that the IRS has ____ in certain circumstances
Authority
This type of democracy is when the legislative and executive branches are seperated.
Presidential Democracy
Parks, firefighters, police, sewer systems, are examples of these
Public Goods
If the school created a rule and no one listened it would be this form of fighting power.
Refuse to play
Type of government that is often headed by one person who takes control, usually through military force.
Dictatorship
An authority figure is said to have this as long as the people accept his authority.
Legitimacy
This type of democracy is when the legislative branch and executive branch are fused.
Parliamentary democracy
This term refers to having complete control of affairs within a nation's borders
Sovereignty
The word civil in civil disobedience implies what?
Peaceful
Monarchy that has limits on its power by a parliament or governing body
Constitutional Monarchy
Why do leaders in the United States have legitimacy.
We vote for them and give them power, in return for services
The name of the "big boss" in a parliamentary system.
Prime Minister
How government can make you do (or not do) things. Through police, courts, jury duty, etc.
Coercion
Writing a letter to Dr. P with student signatures to change the school way would be
Petitioning