Political Systems

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Political Systems

• Words to Know

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• people and groups within a society that have the
  authority to make laws, make sure
• they are carried out, and to settle
• disagreements about the laws

1. Political process
2. Govt structure
3. Government
4. unitary

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• 3. govt

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• How a countrys govt is set up (levels/
  branches)

1. Govt branches
2. Govt structure
3. Confederation
4. Federal system

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• 2. govt structure

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• Legal activities through which a citizen
  influences public policy.

1. Multiparty system
2. One party system
3. Political process
4. government

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• 3. political process

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• A country or nation that is governed by a single
  person with unlimited power.

1. Autocratic
2. Democratic
3. Oligarchy
4. Unitary

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• 1. autocratic

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• A government in which a few powerful (usually
  rich!) individuals or families rule.

1. Autocratic
2. Democratic
3. Oligarchy
4. Unitary

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• 3. oligarchy

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• A government that receives its power from the
  people.

1. Autocratic
2. Democratic
3. Oligarchy
4. Unitary

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• 2. democratic

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1. Federal system
2. Government branches
3. Unitary
4. confederation

• Different LEVELS of government including the
  federal level, state level and local levels share
  distribution of power

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• 1. federal system

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1. Federal system
2. Government branches
3. Unitary
4. confederation

• Executive enforces law
• Legislative makes the laws (cameral, and
  bi-cameral)
• Judicial interprets laws, decides if laws
  agrees with the U.S. constitution

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• 2. govt branches

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• Individual states make their own laws and
  decisions and are loosely aligned to a weak
  central government.

1. Federal system
2. Government branches
3. Unitary
4. confederation

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• 4. confederation

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• A central government has all the power to make
  laws and decisions for the people.

1. Federal system
2. Government branches
3. Unitary
4. confederation

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• 3. unitary

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• Govt that receives its power from the people

1. democratic 2. Unitary 3. parliamentary 4.
confederation
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• 1. democratic

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• A republic whose head of government, usually a
  Prime Minister, is the leader of the political
  party that has the most members in Parliament.

1. democratic 2. Unitary 3. Parliamentary
republic 4. confederation
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• 3. parliamentary republic

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• system in which people have the right to vote.
  Doesnt mean people run the country (Cuba is a
  practicing republic)

1. republic 2. dictatorship 3. Federal system 4.
communism
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• 1. republic

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• system in which property and labor is government
  organized and is supposed to benefit the people
  

1. republic 2. dictatorship 3. Federal system 4.
communism
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• 4. communism

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• system in which one person has complete control
  over a nation

1. republic 2. dictatorship 3. Federal system 4.
communism
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• 2. dictatorship

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• One appointed or elected to preside over a
  country. Part of the executive branch.

1. Prime minister 2. President 3. Head of
state 4. Obama
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• 2. President

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• diplomatic figure that represents a country.
  Figure does not make final decisions for nation

1. Prime minister 2. President 3. Head of
state 4. Obama
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• 3. Head of state

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• describes the person in charge of a
  parliamentary, democracy, or leader of a cabinet
  (works
• in executive branch)

1. Prime minister 2. President 3. Head of
state 4. Obama
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• 1. prime minister

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• A system in which there is only one political
  party and only one candidate to choose from for
  each government position.

• Democracy
• multi party system
• 3. Parliamentary Republic
• 4. One party system

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• 4. one party system

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• A political system in which two or more parties
  exist.

• Democracy
• multi party system
• 3. Parliamentary Republic
• 4. One party system

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• 2. multi party system