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U5 Political Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| monarchy | a government system in which one person rules known as the monarch; this one person acts as the head of state and usually achieves this position through heredity |
| theocracy | a government system in which a group of religious leaders rule; religious law is used to govern |
| oligarchy | a government system in which a small group of people rules |
| aristocracy | a government system in which a group of wealthy and educated individuals rule; power is usually passed down in certain families |
| direct democracy | a government system in which citizens vote directly on policies and laws |
| indirect democracy | also known as a representative democracy; a government system in which citizens vote for representatives and those representatives vote on laws |
| political | relating to government |
| divine right | the belief that leaders have been chosen by god/gods and are ruling as the god's/gods' representative on earth |
| dynasty | a sequence of rulers from the same family |
| Mandate of Heaven | the idea that a ruler must be just (fair) to keep the approval of the gods |
| citizenship | the status of being a citizen in a country; a citizen has certain rights, privileges, and duties/responsibilities |
| legalism | a belief system that enforces a strict conformity (obedience) to law |
| Hammurabi's Code | Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia; set standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments for justice |
| Twelve Tables | a set of laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets in Ancient Rome |
| Justinian Code | a collection of laws developed for the Byzantine Empire; published in 529AD by the emperor Justinian; this code organized the different laws that had been created during the Roman Empire |
| city-state | an independent sovereign city that has its own functioning government; acts like its own country |
| government | political system by which a country or community is administered and regulated |
| Patricians | true descendants of the original people in Rome; they were the only ones allowed to become senators or emperors |
| Plebeians | made of most of the population of Rome, but did not have much power |
| rights | freedoms that people have that are protected by law |
| responsibilities | duties or things that humans should do |
| Magna Carta | a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of England was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdoms |
| autocracy | type of government where one person has all the power and makes the decisions for the whole country |
| democracy | type of government where citizens hold political power |
| dictatorship | type of government where one group holds absolute power, controlling the country through military force and oppression of people who disagree with the government |
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