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Government Systems
Government
Term | Definition |
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Government | A way to provide for the people of a society. |
Democracy | A government system where the people have the power. |
Representative Democracy | A government that allows the people to vote for leaders, laws and policy. |
Parliamentary Democracy | A government that allows people to vote for a group of people to form the government. |
Monarchy | A government in which one person rules called a king or queen. |
Theocracy | A government in which priests rule in the name of their god. |
Oligarchy | A government ruled by a small group of people. |
Dictatorship | A government controlled by one person who took power by force. |