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| Civics | The study of citizenship and government |
| citizen | a legal resident of a community |
| government | an established system of political administration by which a nation, state, district, etc. is governed. |
| The Common Good | doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people without harming others. |
| functions of government | make laws, keep order, provide services, prevent anarchy. |
| levels of government | National, State and Local |
| republic/representative democracy | form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them. |
| direct democracy | form of government where each citizen has an actual say in the affairs of the government |
| monarchy | form of government led by a king or queen |
| absolute monarchy | form of monarchy where the king or queen has total control |
| limited monarchy | form of monarchy where the king or queen's power is controlled by another entity |
| socialism | government where individuals and government share ownership in major businesses and government takes on a greater role in citizen's lives. |
| communism | government where the government own and controls all aspects of life for its citizens. |
| authoritarian | governments such as dictatorship, totalitarianism and oligarchy |
| dictatorship | government usually controlled by one person who allows very little freedom or opposition |
| totalitarianism | government where little freedom or opposition is allowed |
| oligarchy | government ruled by a small group of people |
| theocracy | government ruled by religious leaders |
