QW: Government Write a paragraph to answer the following: What is a government? What makes a government successful? (Take into consideration employment, economic growth, poverty, education, power…)

Types of Government

Role of Government Government: the ruling authority for a community Keep Order Pass and enforce laws, establish courts Provide Security Prevent crime, protect citizens, conduct foreign relations Provide Public Services Libraries, schools, hospitals, parks, water, utilities Guide the Community Manage the economy, conduct foreign relations

Levels of Government in US National Also known as federal or central Makes decisions for the ENTIRE state State Makes decisions for their state Local Closest to the people Makes decisions for county, city, or town

1. Dictatorship Absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a single Cuba (Fidel Castro) Iraq (Saddam Hussein)

2. Totalitarianism Extends to almost all aspects of people’s lives China, Cuba, and North Korea Also examples of Communist governments

3. Monarchy royal hereditary ruler Absolute Monarch Ruler is head of government Powers are NOT limited by a constitution or by the law Qatar, Saudi Arabia Constitutional Monarchy Monarch acts as head of state within the guidelines of a constitution Great Britain, Japan

4. Theocracy Priests rule in the name of God or a god; state is understood as governed by immediate divine Vatican City (Rome, Italy)-the Pope

5. Oligarchy All power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class Government by the few Started in Greece, but not strong enough

6. Aristocracy Highest class in certain societies found in history during the Middle Ages Does not exist today

7. Democracy Citizens hold the power to rule Free elections USA

8. Republic Power is held by the people and their elected representatives USA

9. Federalism Power is divided between a central authority and state authority Each level is legally independent of its own jurisdiction USA