Types of Governments
A government where power is held by a single ruler who inherited the position
What is Monarchy
The three branches of the United States government are Legislative, Judicial, and_____________
What is the Executive branch?
In a democratic society, the government is designed to protect the ______ of the people.
What are rights
The money system or way a country produces, distributes, and consumes goods and services.
What is an economy?
The organization formed by countries around the world to maintain global peace and cooperation.
What is the United Nations
A government where one person or a small group holds all the power, often taking control by force.
What is a dictatorship
The branch of government that is responsible for making and writing laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
The basic duty of a citizen in a democracy to choose their leaders
What is voting
An economic system where individuals own businesses and make decisions based on supply and demand (also known as a free market).
What is capitalism?
An agreement between two or more countries to help each other out, often in trade or defense.
What is an alliance
A system where citizens hold the political power and elect representatives to make laws.
What is a representative democracy
The branch of government that evaluates and interprets laws.
What is the Judicial branch?
A requirement of citizens to help fund the government so it can provide public services.
What are taxes
An economic system where the central government owns most of the resources, businesses, and farmland.
What is a command economy
When one nation completely takes control of another region or territory.
What is imperialism
A system where all citizens vote directly on laws and policies themselves rather than electing others.
What is a direct democracy?
This serves as the supreme law and written plan of the United States government.
What is the Constitution?
True or False: In a dictatorship, citizens have a high level of participation in government decisions.
What is False
An economic system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.
What is a traditional economy?
The system where countries rely on one another to trade goods and services because no country can produce everything it needs.
What is global interdependence?
A government ruled by a few wealthy or powerful individuals
What is an oligarchy
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect the rights of citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights
A form of citizen participation where citizens are required by law to serve in the military.
What is mandatory conscription / military service?
An economic system that combines elements of both market and command economies.
What is a mixed economy
A government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority.
What is a theocracy