AP World History Terms Flashcards
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| 9926218491 | aristocracy | government by the citizens; government by a privileged minority or upper class, usually of inherited wealth and social position (Colonial America, English House of Lords) | 0 | |
| 9926231972 | Autocracy | government in which one person has absolute power; dictatorship | 1 | |
| 9926235487 | monarchy | government or state headed by a single ruler: king, queen | 2 | |
| 9926241943 | absolute monarch | no limitation on the monarch's power | 3 | |
| 9926243493 | constitutional monarch | some limitations on the monarch's power to rule with divine authority | 4 | |
| 9926246364 | dictator | a leader which holds all the power of the government (ex Fidel Castro, Louis XIV) | 5 | |
| 9926250771 | totalitarian | a government that has total control over its citizens (ex Nazi Germany) | 6 | |
| 9926256108 | oligarchy | form of government in which in the ruling power belongs to a few persons (Board of Directors) | 7 | |
| 9926269615 | theocracy | rule of state by God or a god; Government by priests claiming | 8 | |
| 9926271226 | military government | the government is controlled by the military | 9 | |
| 9926274231 | anarchy | the complete absence of government; political disorder and violence | 10 | |
| 9926286873 | democracy | government in which the people hold the ruling power either directly or through elected representatives; ruled by the ruled | 11 | |
| 9926296556 | direct democracy | system of government in which citizens participate directly rather than through elected representatives; government where each person votes directly for every law/decision | 12 | |
| 9926315566 | representative democracy | government in which each person votes for a representative, those representatives then vote for the laws/decision (ex. U.S Senate) | 13 | |
| 9926324581 | socialism | system in which the people as a whole, rather than private individuals, own all property all businesses | 14 | |
| 9926332467 | communism | form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx; according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole | 15 | |
| 9926343241 | fascism | (fascio= political group) system of government characterized by rigid one property dictatorship, forcible suppression of opposition, private economic enterprise under centralized government control, belligerent nationalism, racism, and militarism | 16 | |
| 9926354435 | bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by officials rather than by elected representatives | 17 |