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Government Vocabulary
Use the descriptions of the vocabulary terms to place them on your spectrum
of government descriptions.
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Constitutional Government
• A constitutional government is any government whose authority and construction are defined by a constitution.
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Totalitarian Government
• Totalitarian Government is where the government recognizes no limits to its authority and tries to regulate every aspect of the public and private life of its citizens.
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Absolute MonarchyGovernment by a king, a queen, a prince, an
emir or other member of royalty.This ruler has absolute power. His or her word
is law.
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A Current Absolute Monarchy
Current Ruler of Saudi Arabia: Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
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Dictatorship
A single person rules with unlimited power.
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Example of a DictatorMuammar Gaddafi
الق�ذ�اف�ي م ع�م�ر
Took control of Libya in 1969
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Tyrant
A leader who misuses his power and takes advantage of his
citizens
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Example of a Tyrant
• Adolf Hitler was a tyrant who abused the citizens of his nation and many others in World War II. He had millions killed in the Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
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CommunismA system of government in which a single party
controls the government and the economyOR
theories developed by Karl Marx about the ideal society where everything is shared equally.
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Example of Communism: China
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OligarchyGovernment ruled by a small, elite group
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Recent Example of Oligarchy
• South Africa from 1948 to 1994 (during apartheid) was ruled by the 25% white population who hold all the power and wealth in the nation at that time.
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Direct DemocracyCitizens vote to decide every issue. No one
represents them, they decide themselves.
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Example of a Direct Democracy
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Representative DemocracyRule by people you elect to make decisions for
you
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Example of a Representative Democracy
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Theocracy
Religious leaders control the government. They rely on the laws of their religion to run their nation and they often seek the advice and
approval of religious scholars
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Example of a Theocracy: Islamic Republic of Iran
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran