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SS VOCABULARY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autocratic Government | A government with a single ruler with unlimited power. |
| Chancellor | Head of state running day-to-day operations of government in some democracies, like Germany. |
| Chief Executive | A leader who leads the military, enforces laws, and keeps a country running day to day. |
| Direct Democracy | A democratic form of government requiring a vote by all citizens for every government decision. |
| Head of State | In a parliamentary system, the symbolic leader of a country. |
| Oligarchic Government | A government run by a few. |
| MP | Member of parliament, elected as a representative of the people in a parliamentary system of democracy. |
| Monarch | A king or queen, symbol of a country. |
| parliamentary system | A type of democratic government where citizens elect MP's who choose a prime minister as a chief executive. |
| presidential system | A type of democratic government where citizens elect members of the legislature and also the chief executive(PRESIDENT). |
| prime minister | The head of the state in a parliamentary system of democracy. |
| welfare state | Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick. |