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Unit 4: Test 2
Civics, Government, and Global Politics - Test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| autocracy | a form of government where one person has unlimited power |
| dictatorship | a form of government where a single person has unlimited power and uses force or threat of force to keep power |
| monarch | a ruler such as a king or queen who usually inherits the position |
| hereditary succession | someone in the family of the ruler takes over when he or she dies or gives up power |
| theocracy | a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders |
| absolute monarchy | a form of government with a monarch who has complete political power |
| constitutional monarchy | a form of government where a constitution limits the monarch’s power and guarantees citizens some rights |
| oligarchy | rule by a small group of people |
| democracy | rule by the people or a government in which many people are able to participate and is based on the idea of majority rule |
| representative democracy | a form of democracy where people elect representatives and give them the power to make laws and decisions (note that republic = representative democracy) |
| presidential system | a form of democracy where citizens elect both a legislature and an executive |
| parliamentary system | a form of democracy where citizens elect a legislature and the executive is then selected by the legislature |
| treaty | an official agreement made between two or more countries |
| negotiate | to discuss something formally in order to reach an agreement |
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