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Forms and Types of Government

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1.autocracyform of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
2.constitutional Monarchya system of governing in which the ruler's power is limited by law
3.direct democracya form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand
4.Levels of GovernmentFederal/ National, State, & Local
9.Majority rulea decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes
5.monarchya government ruled by a king or a queen
6.oligarchya form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite
7.Representative Democracya government where people rule through elected representatives
8.rule of lawthe collection of rules imposed by authority






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