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Carr - WH - Part One

(Carr) Types of governments - exam study guide

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Democracy A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
Revolution The overthrow of a government, form of a government, or social system by those governed and usually by forceful means.
Monarchy Government by one individual, usually a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
Presidential democracy Type of government with an executive branch presiding separately from a legislature; legislature is voted in by the people for a fixed term; and a president is elected to a fixed term of office and can be removed.
Constitutional monarchy A system of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution and is a ceremonial head of state.
Absolute monarchy A system of government in which a monarch is the ruler and has complete power over the lives of his/her people.
Divine right of kings Where monarchs claim the right to rule because of the family he/she was born into or raised within.
Oligarchy A system of government in which a few people, such as a dominant clique, have power.
Dictatorship A system of government ruled by an individual, who gives people little or no individual freedoms, and does not have hereditary ascension.
Theocracy A government ruled by priests or religious law and has no separation between church and state.
Capitalism Type of economony the United States has.
United States Example of a country with a presidential democracy.
Dictator Examples are Adolph Hitler and Fidel Castro.
American Revolution The war that gave the 13 colonies of North America (now part of the United States) their independence from England.
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