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Who Rules
Vocabulary including sovereignty, states, territories, forms of government
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| government | the organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state |
| population | the group of people who are the members or citizens of a state |
| state | a body of people, living in a defined space, with the power to make and enforce laws |
| territory | the area in which a state's rule applies |
| sovereignty | the ability to rule absolutely within a territory |
| monarchy | type of government where a king or queen rules the country |
| dictatorship | type of government where one leader has absolute control over citizen's lives |
| oligarchy | type of government where a small group of people has all the power |
| theocracy | type of government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority |
| anarchy | nobody is in control - or everyone is, depending on how you look at it |
| autocracy | type of government where there is rule by one person includes monarch and dictatorship |
| democracy | type of government where there is rule by many people |
| representative democracy | citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government |
| direct democracy | there are no representatives; citizens are directly involved in the day-to-day work of governing the country |
| Junta | a small group of people - usually military officers - who rule a country after taking over by force |
| oligarchy | means "rule by a few" |
| Myanmar | has a Junta type government |
| absolute monarchy and dictatorship | examples of an autocracy |
| republic | also known as representative democracy or indirect democracy; government type of the U.S. |
| Athens | city in Greece where direct democracy began |
| democracy | derived from the Greek words demos and kratos which means people and power |
| Rome | city in Italy where representative democracy or a republic was began |
| North Korea | has a dictatorship type of government |
| Saudi Arabia | has a monarchy and theocracy type of government |
| Denmark | has a constitutional monarchy and representative democracy type of government |
| Brazil | has a representative type of government |
| Switzerland | has a direct and representative democracy type of government |
| South Africa | has an oligarchy and representative democracy type of government |
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