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decisions are made by getting more than half of the votes cast
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2
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formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people
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3
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rulers are seen as right and proper by important segments of a nation's population
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supreme power to act within its territory and to control its external affairs
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a system of rule in which one leader holds unlimited power over the government
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political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly define territory
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conception of something in its most perfect form
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executive branches of government are combined (prime minister)
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14
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dictatorship led by a small group of people; aristocracy
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process by which government makes and carries out decisions
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the ability of people to act and think as they choose
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all people are treated fairly under the law
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an indirect form of democracy that places political decision making one step away from the people
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25
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government is headed by one person who exercises supreme authority
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