Forms of Government Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| federal | a balance of power between the National and Local governments. |
| monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head. |
| self-government | government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony. |
| parliamentary | a government that is used in the United Kingdom (England). |
| communism | every element of the economy is owned and controlled by the government. |
| prime minister | the leader of the nation or government. |
| oligarchy | a small group of a small group of people ruling a country, organization, or institution. |
| constitutional monarchy | a type of Representative Democracy that also shares power with a king or queen. |
| limited government | |
| president | president is the leader of the government/nation. |
| autocracy | governments controlled entirely by one person. |
| republic | when citizens have representatives vote for them. |
| representative democracy | when the citizens choose people to vote for them when so they don’t have to. |
| direct democracy | when every citizen votes on everything. |
| democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
| legislature | the legislative body of a country or state. |
| socialism | some important elements of the economy are controlled by the government. |
| confederal | all the power is held by the regional , or local government. |
| limited monarchy | a monarchy in which the ruler is limited by the constitution or law. |
| unitary | all the power is held by the national government. |
| absolute monarchy | where a ruler is not limited to the constitution or law. |
| governor | the elected executive head of a state of the US. |
| public policy | the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based. |
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