Citizenship

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executive
have the power to enforce the law
legislative
have the power to make the laws
judicial
have the power to interpret laws
direct democracy
all the people in a society meet and vote on public policies and laws
indirect/representative democracy
when a small group of people are chosen by the people of a state, and those chosen people represent their interests in government
autocracy dictatorship
one single person holds unlimited power
oligarchy dictatorship
power is shared between a few elite individuals
parliamentary government
the head of an executive branch (prime minister) is elected by a legislative branch and thus under the control of the legislative branch
presidential government
executive and legislative branches are separate, but have equal power
unitary government
the government is centralized and all the power belongs to a single, central agency
federal governmentpowers are divided between a central government and several local governmentsconfederationloose alliance of independent states in which the central government holds very little powerworth of the individual, equality of all people, majority rule/minority rights, necessity of compromise, individual freedom5 foundations of a democracyterritory, government, population, sovereignty4 characteristics of a nationdictatorshipthe people in power hold absolute powergovernmentinstitution through which society makes and enforces its public policiespublic policyeverything a government decides to do, including taxation, defense, education, health care, worker's rights, etc.constitutionthe powers of government are outlined in a constitution, which is a body of laws setting out the structure of and the procedures of a government.preambleWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.