| A | B |
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| presidential democracy | A type of government where the leader is the President and is chosen in a separate election from the legislature |
| unitary | a system of government in which authority is centralized |
| confederation | a group of loosely allied states or nations that come together for a common cause |
| democracy | a government that receives its power from the people |
| autocracy | a country or nation that is governed by a single person with unlimited power |
| parliamentary democracy | a country whose head of government is the leader of the legislature |
| federal | a form of government in which several states or regions defer some powers to a central government while retaining a limited measure of self-government |
| monarchy | ruled by a monarch who usually inherits the authority |
| republic | a government in which the people elect representative to make the laws |
| theocracy | a government ruled by a religious leader or leaders |
| oligarchy | a government controlled by a small group of people |
