Forms of Government
What form of government allows citizens to vote directly on policy decisions?
Direct Democracy
An economic system where consumer demand primarily drives production.
Market
The fundamental purpose of government to keep citizens safe
Protection
The type of government where supreme power rests with elected representatives.
Republic
The mascot of West Plains Schools
Zizzer
This system of government has a single ruler who inherits power through family lineage.
Monarchy
This economic system relies on customs, beliefs, and traditions to make economic decisions.
Traditional
A system where power is shared between national and state governments.
Federal
How dictators typically acquire and maintain their power.
Military
The President of the United States
Donald Trump
In this system of government, power is concentrated entirely in the national government.
Unitary
An economic system where the government decides what and how goods are produced.
Command
A town meeting is the best example of this form of government
An economic system that combines consumer choice with government regulation.
Mixed
The Governor of Missouri
Kehoe
A system where voters choose the head of the executive branch separately from the legislative branch.
Presidential Democracy
The most common economic system in the world today.
Mixed
The three primary powers every government possesses.
Make, Enforce, Interpret Laws
The oldest form of government still in use today.
Monarchy
Square root of 36
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This extreme form of government seeks to control every aspect of citizens' lives.
Totalitarian
An economic system that attempts to create economic equality among all citizens.
Communism
The key difference between direct and indirect democracy.
Who make the decisions
Three types of totalitarian governments discussed in the lesson.
Communism, Fascism, Nazism
most recent Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson