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CL M3L1 Key Terms
Civic Literacy Module 3 Lesson 1 Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anarchy | No government. |
| Autocracy | One person or political party has political power. |
| Dictatorship | One person has supreme political power. |
| Totalitarian | Government exercises absolute power on all aspects of life and takes away the rights of individual citizens. |
| Monarchy | Government where there is a king or queen. |
| Absolute Monarchy | Government where the king or queen have absolute power. |
| Limited Monarchy | Government where the king or queen's power is limited by a constitution or elected body. |
| Theocracy | Government that the religion is the acting government and God is the source of government authority. |
| Oligarchy | Government where only a few people rule the country. |
| Direct Democracy | A form of democracy in which all citizens vote on policies. |
| Representative Democracy | A form of democracy in which citizens vote for representatives to vote on policies in their place. |