1. direct vote by citizens on a bill already passed by a lawmaking body - referendum.
2. government that suppresses all opposition and controls all aspects of people's lives - totalitarian.
3. greed for wealth - avarice.
4. the right to vote - franchise.
5. the right of ordinary citizens to introduce or enact new laws on their own by vote - intiative.
6. government in which a few people hold the ruling power - oligarchy.
7. method of temporary banishment practiced in athens - ostracism.