US Government
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Niccolo Michiavelli | ... |
| Three States | government |
| Principality | Monarchy |
| of the Best | Aristocracy |
| Popular | Democracy |
| Principality easily becomes __________? | Tyranny |
| Autocracy easily becomes __________? | State of the Few (oligarchy) |
| Popular democracy is easily converted into __________? | Anarchy |
| Anarchy | a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) |
| Aristocracy | the most powerful members of a society |
| Democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| Tyranny | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
| Oligarchy | a political system governed by a few people |
| Monarchy | an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority |
| Virtue | the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong |
| Vice | a specific form of evildoing |
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