| A | B |
|---|
| Democracy | A government ruled directly by its citizeds as expressed by the majority opinion of the people. |
| Basic standards for demoncracy | participation, equality and protection of civil rights |
| Representative Democracy | Citizensrun for public office, vote in elections, and have the power to evict public officials form office |
| Presidential/Legislative Democracy | Power is shared by an elected legislature and an elected President |
| Presidential/Parliamentary Democracy | Power is shared by an elected parliament and an elected president (France) |
| Parliament | an elected legislature in which the majority party chooses the prime minister |
| Prime Minister | The leader of the cabinet, Great Britain's is Tony Blair |
| Military Dictatorship | A country that is led by one military leader or a small group of military leaders |
| JUNTA | government by a small group of leaders, usually military leaders |
| COMMUNISM | no private ownership of business; the gov't makes all the decisions ; the government owns all the land |
| TOTALITARIAN | the government has TOTAL control of EVERY aspect of life; TOTAL CONTROL |
| TRUE MONARCHY | government ruled by a hereditary monarch (king or queen) |
| CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY | the monarch's power is restricted by a written constitution |
