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Political System
Term | Definition |
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Oligarchic | Ruled by a few Citizens have NO say in government |
Autocratic | Absolute Rule Citizens have NO say in government |
Democratic | ALL citizens have a say in government Republic and representative democracy like (student council) |
Federal | Levels of Government National, State, Local |
Confederation | Several individual government |
Unitary | One strong central government |
Presidential | Strong national govrnment headed by elected leaders (representative) |
Parliamentary | Government in which voters elect lawmaking body which chooses a prime minister to head the govt. |
President | the elected head of a republican state. |
Prime Minister | the head of an elected government |
Chancellor | the head of the government in some European countries |