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Government Forms
This study stack will help you with government forms including structure, etc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anarchy | a condition of lawlessness or political disorder brought by the absence of governmental authority |
| Autocracy | a county ruled by a person, an autocrat, with absolute, unlimited power |
| Communism | a single party holds the power and dominates all aspects of life in a country ; the government owns large industries, businesses and most of the land |
| Constitutional Democracy | a country in which the sovereign power of the people is spelled out in a governing constitution |
| Constitutional Monarchy | a system of government in which a monarch(king or queen) is strictly limited by a constitution and most of the government powers belong to elected officials |
| Democracy | a form of government in which the citizens elect leaders and rule by majority |
| Democratic Republic | a country in which the supreme power is held by the citizens who are entitled to vote for representatives responsible to them |
| Dictator | a totalitarian leader |
| Dictatorship | a form of government in which a ruler has absolute power ; the citizens do not possess the right to choose theire own leaders |
| Federal Republic | a county in whch the powers of the central government are restricted and which the states, colonies, or provinces have some self-government ; ultimate power rests with the voters who choose their governmental representatives |
| Islamic Republic | a republic government based on the laws of Islam |
| Monarchy(also Absolute Monarchy) | a government in which the supreme poser is in the hands of a monarch(king, queen, prince) who rules over a state or territory, usually for a life and by hereditary right |
| Oligarchy | government by the few, sometimes a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes ; the citizens have a very limited role |
| Parlimentary Democracy | a president or prime minister is the head of state but the people elect the members of the parliament |
| Parlimentary Monarchy | a country headed by a monarch where actual power rests in the legislative body called the parliament |
| Republic | a representative democracy where people elect representatives to exercise power for them |
| Sultanate | similar to a monarchy, but a government in which the supreme power is in the hands of a sultan(the head of an Islamic country) |
| Theocracy | a form of government in which a Deity(God) is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, but the Deity's laws are interpreted by religious authorities(bishops, mullahs, etc.) |
| Totalitarianism | a government that controls the country without opposition ; a government party has strict control of all aspects of life without any opposition |
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