Political Systems Word Scramble
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Type of Government System | Definition |
Anarchy | No government exists or the belief that there should be no government. |
Authoritarian/Totalitarian | A name for a group of governments in which the power of the gov. is more important than the individual rights. Communism, dictatorships, & fascism are all examples. |
Communism | A political & economic system led by a dictatorship by a person or political party in which the gov. owns and controls all businesses. Citizens have few if any rights. |
Dictatorship | Government in which the leader has all the power |
Fascism | Gov. headed by a dictator that exalts nationalism & often race above the individual, and imposes severe economic & social regulation, and forcible suppression or the opposition. |
Bureaucracy | Not a gov but a term referring to a body of non-elected government officials organized into a hierarchy each with a specific function; synonymous with the term, "red tape." |
Confederacy | Smaller independent governments loosely allied together under one larger gov. |
Pure Democracy | A gov in which the everyone has a say and a vote on everything; individual freedoms are valued. |
Representative Democracy | A gov in which the gov is organized as a republic in which citizens elect their representatives; individual freedoms are valued. |
Feudalism | A medieval political & economic system based on the holding of land with an emphasis on local gov, protection & self-suff |
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