Vocabulary

1. A form of single centralized unit, within which each keeps some internal autonomy.
5. democracy Democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives.
8. democracy Founded on the principle of elected people representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
10. A form of government in which a deity is officially recognized as the civil ruler and official policy is governed by officials regarded as divinely guided.
11. A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
13. An economic system that is based on private ownership of capital goods and he means of production, and the creation of goods and services for profit.

2. A form of government in which a single person hold unlimited political power.
3. Centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, centralized agency.
4. system System of democratic government in which the executive branch derives its legitimacy from and are accountable to the legislature; executive and legislative branches are thus interconnected.
6. A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people.
7. A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.
9. system System of government where an executive branch is led by a person who serves as both head of state and head of government.
12. An economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy.
13. Revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership.
14. A society without a publicly enforced government or violently enforced political activity.
15. A government led by a hereditary ruler.