Types of governments
A government in which people hold power
What is Democracy?
A government led and controlled by a small group of people
What is Oligarchy?
a system of representative democracy in which the people elect both legislature and the head of government
What is a presidential system?
the idea that a government is an agreement between those who are governed and those who govern
What is a social contract?
A society governed by representatives of the people
What is a republic?
A monarchy in which laws or customs significantly limit the monarch's power
Constitutional monarchy
a system of representative democracy in which the people elect the legislature, whose members then choose a leader to head the government
What is a parliamentary system?
The act of overseeing and directing the resources, actions, and responsibilities of a group or place
What is Governance?
the political leader of a country of a country who oversees government policies at the highest level
What is the head of government?
a form of government in which one person has unlimited power and authority
What is Autocracy
a form of government that with a head of state who inherits the position and rules for life
What is monarchy?
formed out of a smaller, highly independent members such as tribes or states
What is confederate?
characterized by having a strong central government that exercises most of the political power
What is unitary?
characterized by the concentration of government authority in a leader not constitutionally accountable to the people
what is an Authoritarian?
a government in which leaders are elected by the people and carry out their roles as outlined in the country's constitution, or set of principles and laws.
What is a Constitutional republic?
A government in which citizens vote directly on the issues that affect them
a form of totalitarian government characterized by dictatorships, political oppression, extreme nationalism, and bigotry against minority groups
in a legislature, having two separate houses or chambers
What is unicameral?
characterized by a centralized government that asserts total control over citizens and the national economy
What is totalitarian?
A form of government in which a religious leader, or leaders, hold power
What is Theocracy?
A form of democracy in which people elect representative instead of voting of voting directly on laws
What is representative democracy?
Characterized by sharing power between a central government and various smaller government
What is federal?
in a legislature, having two separate or chambers
What is bicameral?
an economic systems in which the government or community collectively owns and controls major industries
What is socialism?