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World government
Term | Definition |
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Rule by the people (ancient Athens) | Direct democracy |
Representative democracy-a large group Alexa someone to represent them when voting (ancient Rome and the USA) | Indirect democracy |
States maintain a great deal of independence while loosely unified with a central government âearly USA under the articlesâ | Confederation |
A state in which supreme power is held by the people in their elected representatives and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch (USA) | Republic |
The sharing of power between a strong central government in weaker state governments | Federalism |
Executive is answerable to the legislative branch | Parliamentary |
A military takeover | Junta |
No established government | Anarchy |
The state regulates every aspect of public and private behavior | Totalitarian (n. Korea) |
Strict obedience to the authority of the state through this use of oppressive government | Authoritarian |
A government based on religion | Theocracy |
A government with a single ruler | Autocracy |
A government ruled by a small group | Oligarchy |
Absolute rule by leadership unrestricted by law Germany hitler | Dictatorship |
The monarch that holds absolute power | Absolute monarch |
Established under constitutional system Kings rule is limited | Constitutional monarchy |