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The government
6th GradeGovernment
Government | Defintions |
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Autocratic Government (Power) | One person has unlimited power. |
Autocratic Government (Citizen roles) | Limited role. |
Autocratic Government age? | Oldest form of government around. |
How do Autocratic Governments maintain power? | Through inheritance or ruthless use of military and police power. |
Oligarchic Government (Power) | Government ruled by a small group of citizens. |
Oligarchic Government (Citizen roles) | Limited role. |
How do Oligarchic Governments maintain power? | Military, social, wealth, religion or a combination. |
Political opposition in an oligarchy? | Usually suppressed violently. |
Democratic Government (Power) | Citizens elect their own leaders. |
Democratic Government (Citizen roles) | Active role in their government. |
How do Demographic Governments maintain power? | Leaders elected through regular elections. Basic rights are protected and cannot be taken away by individual leaders. |
Unitary System | Central Authority has most power. Weak regional authority. |
What countries have a unitary system? | United Kingdom and France |
Confederation System | Regional Authorities are strong. Central authority weak. |
What countries have a confederation system? | Germany, Canada and Australia. |
Federal System | Central and Regional Authorities share power more evenly. |
Which country has a federal system? | United States of America. |
Two types of Autocratic governments? | Absolute dictatorship and absolute monarchy. |
Ideas of a leader in an absolute dictatorship? | Ideas of a single leader are absolute, |
Government control in an absolute dictatorship? | Government tries to control every aspect of citizen's life. |
The power of the people in an absolute dictatorship? | People lack the power to limit their rulers. |
Leader in an absolute monarchy? | King, queen or emperor has absolute power. |
How is a position obtained in an absolute monarchy? | Usually inherited. |
The power of the people in an absolute monarchy? | People lack the power to limit their rulers. |
Is an absolute monarchy common? | No they are rare today but were common in Western Europe from 1400s to 1700s. |
Two forms of democracy? | Presidential and Parliamentary. |
What system of government is a Presidential democracy? | A system of government in which the President is constitutionally independent of the legislature. |
Presidential democracy existence? | The executive branch exists SEPERATELY from the legislature. |
What system of government is a Parliamentary democracy? | A system of government having a real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the LEGISLATURE who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature. |
Parliamentary democracy | May have a PRIME MINISTER elected by the LEGISLATURE. |