| A | B |
|---|
| naturalization | a legal process to obtain citizenship |
| civics | the study of the rights and duties of citizens |
| duty | an action we are required to perform |
| responsibility | an obligation that we volunteer to meet |
| anarchy | where there is no government or laws |
| absolute monarchy | a king or queen has complete control over government |
| direct democracy | all of the people make all of the decisions |
| representative democracy | where the people elect people to make decisions |
| federal | system where the central and state governments share power |
| confederal | system where the state or regional governments dominate |
| unitary | system where the central government has the power |
| monarchy | form of government with a king or queen |
| oligarchy | form of government where a small group has the power |
| parliamentary | system of government with a prime minister as head of government |
| autocracy | a system of government where a one person has absolute power |
| dictatorship | under this autocratic form of government, one person has seized power |
| communism | form of government where there is no private property and no social classes |
| socialism | form of government where government owns major industries |
