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Political Systems
Term | Definition |
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Unitary | one strong central government |
Confederation | several individual governments |
Federal | levels of government National, State, Local |
Autocratic | Absolute rule/Citizens have NO say in the government |
Oligarchic | Ruled by few/ Citizens have NO say in government |
Democratic | ALL citizens have a say in government/ Republic: representitive democracy(like student council) |
President | Russia |
Prime Minister | United Kingdom |
Chancellor | Germany |
Presidential | strong national government headed by elected leaders (representitives) |
Parliamentary | government in which voters elect lawmaking body which choses a prime minister to head the government |