| A | B |
|---|
| autocracy | government led by one person |
| direct democracy | people make the laws usually in mass meetings |
| representative democracy | government led by elected leaders |
| communism | economic system in which government owns and controls all industry |
| socialism | economic system in which government owns major industries to spread wealth more equitably |
| mixed economy | capitalism with some rules made by government for businesses to follow |
| pure capitalism | economic system where individuals own all industry without government interference |
| oligarchy | government led by a small group of powerful leaders |
| monarchy | government led by king or queen |
| dictatorship | government led by one person who took power with force |
| state | has population, territory, sovereignty and government |
| federal | national and state governments each have certain power |
| unitary | only one national government for entire country |
| sovereignty | able to make all decisions for your land with no higher power |
| democracy | government in which power comes from the people |
