Middle East Governments
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Unitary | A form of government in which power is held by one central authority. |
| Confederation | Voluntary associations of independent states that agree to certain limitations to work together. |
| Federal | A form government in which power is divided between one central government and state and local government. |
| Parliamentary | A system of government having real executive power empowered in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature. |
| Autocratic | A government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role in government. |
| Oligarchic | government by the few, sometimes a government in which a small group excersises control- especially for corrupt and selfish purposes- the citizen has a very limited one. |
| Democratic | a gov. in which the people have the power and the power is excersised through representation by periodically free elections-the citizen is very involved |
| Presidential | a system of government in which the president is elected seperatley from the legislature. |
| theocracy | a political system in which the government is controlled by the clergy and the rules of law are religous and thought to be divine. |
| Iran | theocracy |
| Constitutional Monarchy | a political system in which the power of the monarch is limited by the constitution and shared w/ elected leaders. |
| Jordan | constitutional monarchy |
| absolute monarchy | a political system in which the state is ruled entirely by a monarch |
| Saudi Arabia | Absolute Monarchy |
| Dictatorship | A political system in which one leader holds controlling power over a counry |
| Unicameral | composed of one body or chamber |
| bicameral | composed of two bodies or chambers |
| Sharia | Islamic Law |
| Chief of State | largely ceremonial, little if any political power |
| Head of State | Head of the gov. has political power |
| Iran | theocracy, oligarchy, supreme leader, president, 18 and over can vote, executions increased |
| Israel | parliamentary democracy, federal democratic, president, unicameral knesset (120) , 18 and over may vote, citizens are free |
| Saudi Arabia | absolute monarchy, sharia - islamic law, unitary autocratic, king, unicameral 150, men 21 over may vore, cant criticize gov., arbitary arrest |
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