English 12

A government controlled by the people of the highest class, often members of the nobility or hereditary ruling class.

• Aristocracy

• Autocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Kleptocracy

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

• Autocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Aristocracy

• Kleptocracy

A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

• Plutocracy

• Kleptocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Oligarchy

A form of government in which the ruling party has either come to power, retained power, or both, through means of corruption and theft.

• Plutocracy

• Kleptocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Oligarchy

A small group of people having control of a country or organization.

• Kleptocracy

• Oligarchy

• Authoritarianism

• Collectivism

Extreme beliefs that lead to unreasonable or violent behavior.

• Individualism

• Imperialism

• Fanaticism

• Fascism

A movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles.

• Totalitarianism

• Populism

• Fundamentalism

• Patriotism

a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.

• Terrorism

• Fundamentalism

• Populism

• Socialism

A political and economical theory of social organization, which advocates that production and exchange of money  be controlled by the community.

• Socialism

• Nationalism

• Individualism

• Totalitarianism

A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

• Collectivism

• Totalitarianism

• Authoritarianism

• Capitalism