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30 Cards in this Set
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Authoritarian |
A type of government in which one person or a small group has absolute power though may not be led by a charismatic leader with a specific or state mandatory idelogy |
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Autocratic |
This is a type of government in which power is held |
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Checks And Balances |
This is the system of overlapping powers among |
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Communism |
This is an economic system proposed by Karl Marx |
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Confederacy |
This was the group of southern states that seceded |
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Confederal |
This is a form of government in which the member |
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Confederation |
A group of provinces or states that come together |
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Conservative |
This political ideology is associated with the |
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Constitution |
This is the system by which the main institutions of |
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Constitutional Monarchy |
This is form of government in which a monarch is |
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Democracy |
In this type of government, political and |
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Democratic |
This political party was founded in the early 1800s |
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Dictatorship |
A government in which absolute power is exercised |
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Federalism |
This system of government has powers divided |
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Federation |
This is a type of government in which a group of |
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Liberal |
This political ideology is associated with the |
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Limited Government |
This is a form of government in which the power to |
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Mass Media |
This is communication by the media on a large |
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Monarchy |
This is the form of government with one ruler, such |
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Parliament |
this is the name given to a legislative body- such |
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Parliamentary Democracy |
In this type of government, there is no clear-cut |
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Political System |
This term refers to a nation's system of government |
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Prime Minister |
This is the name given to the most senior member |
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Representative Democracy |
This is a type of government in which the people |
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Republican |
Republican |
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Rule Of Law |
This is the legal notion that the power of |
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Socialism |
This is an economic system where the government |
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Totalitarian |
This is a centralized government that does not |
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Unicameral |
This is the practice of having only one chamber in a |
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Unitary State |
In this type of government, the institutions of the |