GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS WHO RULES? HOW DO THEY RULE?
*DEMOCRACY SUPREME POWER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE; POWER USUALLY EXERTED THROUGH VOTING
*REPUBLIC PEOPLE VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN GOVERNMENT
*TOTALITARIAN ONE INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, OR POLITICAL PARTY HAS TOTAL CONTROL (USUALLY THROUGH FEAR)
*DICTATORSHIP ONE PERSON HAS ABSOLUTE POWER
*PUPPET GOVERNMENT THE REAL POWER AND CONTROL BELONG TO A PERSON/GROUP BEHIND THE SCENES
*MILITARY JUNTA GROUP OF MILITARY PEOPLE FUNCTIONS AS A DICTATOR
*COMMUNISM SYSTEM IN WHICH ALL ECONOMIC, GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IS CONTROLLED BY A TOTALITARIAN, SELF-PERPETUATING POLITICAL PARTY
*ABSOLUTE MONARCHY HEREDITARY LEADER (KING OR QUEEN) HAS ALL THE POWER *CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY HEREDITARY LEADER (KING OR QUEEN) IS A FIGUREHEAD; PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE POWER, USUALLY THROUGH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
*THEOCRACY BASED ON RELIGION; INVOLVES DIVINE GUIDANCE
SHARIA LAW
*HIERARCHY CLASSIFICATION OF PEOPLE ACCORDING TO LEVELS OF INCOME, SOCIAL STANDING, OR JOB TYPE
*DOMESTIC HAVING TO DO WITH ONE’S OWN HOMELAND/COUNTRY *INTERNATIONAL INVOLVING OTHER COUNTRIES
*PUBLIC POLICY SYSTEM OF LAWS/REGULATIONS DEVELOPED AND ENFORCED BY GOVERNMENT (USUALLY TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC ISSUE)
*CITIZENS MEMBERS OF A COUNTRY
*NATION COUNTRY WITH BORDERS AND AN ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT THAT FREELY EXERCISES AUTHORITY WITHIN THOSE BORDERS
*PATRIOTISM LOVE OR DEVOTION TO ONE’S COUNTRY