We Need a Government

Why do we need Government? Write your best paragraph. Include examples of why you think the way you do. After you write your paragraph… Make a list of everything you think the government does or should do.

Direct Democracy The people decide or vote on all new laws and policies directly. Examples – Ancient Athens – Switzerland – United States

Representative Democracy Elected officials, representing a group of people, decide on policy and laws. Example – Roman Republic – United States of America

Theocracy System in which priests rule in the name of a God or Gods. Examples – Vatican City – Islam – Tibet

Autocracy/Absolute Monarchy System in which supreme power is in the hands of one person. Example – Louis XIV of France – Great Britain – Prussia – Russia – Saudi Arabia

Constitutional Monarchy Monarch acts as the head of state within the guidelines of a constitution. Examples – United Kingdom – Thailand – Hawaii

Dictatorship/Facism Ruled by an individual (dictator) or a small group of people. Unifying a country under force. Super- Conservative. Example – Nazi Germany – Italy

Capitalism Economic system in which trade, industry, and the means of production, are controlled by private owners with the goal of make profits in a market economy. United States

Communism A way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property. Cuba China North Korea

Socialism Economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and a cooperative management of the economy. USSR

Anarchy Political philosophy that advocates stateless societies. No government.