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Unit 2 Governments
SW Asian Governments
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Political Studies
7th Grade
09/08/2013

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Unitary
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characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority
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Confederation
Definition
voluntary associations of independent states, to secure some common purpose, agree to certain limitations on their freedom of action and establish some joint machinery of consultation or deliberation
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Federal
Definition
characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between on central and several regional authorities
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Autocratic
Definition
government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role in the government
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Oligarchic
Definition
government by the few, sometimes in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; citizen has a very limited role
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Democratic
Definition
a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
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Parliamentary
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a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to legislature; may have a Prime Minister elected by the legislature
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Presidential
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a system of government in which the president is constitutionally independent of the legislature
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Monarchy
Definition
system of government in which one person reigns, usually a king or queen; generally inherited; the monarch is often only the head of state, not the head of government
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Theocracy
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nation or state in which the clergy exercise political power and in which religious law is dominant over civil law
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