Key Terms-Chapter 11

1. a system of government where all citizens take part in decision-making. A modern form of direct democracy is the use of referendums (6, 9)
5. a moral or legal entitlement to have or do something (5)
7. where religious leaders run the state (9)
9. a system where no form of government operates. When there is a total breakdown in society, e.g. after a civil war a state of anarchy is said to exist. Lack of government (7)

2. rule by one person or group. This group is all-powerful. Often associated with a military takeover of a state. (12)
3. a system of government based upon the consent of the people through an open and fair electoral system, where electors can choose from competing political parties or groups. (9)
4. a system of government based upon representatives democracy and linked to freedoms and right for citizens (7, 9)
6. a document produced by a political party at the time of an election outlining the policies it would like to introduce (9)
8. the ability to act, speak or think as one thinks (7)
10. a system of hereditary power, passed down a family line. In the UK we have a constitutional monarchy, where the head of state is a monarch, but most of their powers have been transferred to the government and the monarch is seen as a neutral national (3, 8)

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