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Social Studies
Government Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Unitary | Government where power is held by one ruling body |
Federal | Government where power is divided between one large ruling body and several ruling bodies |
Autocracy | Government where one ruler makes all the decisions. The people have no say |
Oligarchy | Government where small body makes all the decisions, only people in the ruling party get to vote for the laws. |
Democracy | Government where all citizens vote for representatives who make decisions |
Dictator | Government where military ruler has total control. This is a unitary autocracy |
Communism | Government where ruling body has complete control of the government and economy. This a unitary oligarchy. |
Parliamentary democracy | Government where one legislative body writes the laws for the entire country. Members of Parliament elect leader called a Prime Minister |
Presidential democracy | Government with two or more legislatures that create laws separately. Citizens elect leader called a President |