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Parliament Senate Types of Government Kremlin Bern/Switzerland

Oligarchy Description Example When a family or small group of people with wealth or power control the government Example Saudi Arabia’s Royal Family 2

Autocracy Government by a single person having unlimited power Often thought of as “bad” because the ruler could have very harsh rulings.

Dictatorship A dictatorship consists of rule by one person or a group of people Very few dictators admit they are dictators and almost always claim to be leaders of democracies The dictator may be one person Castro in Cuba Hitler in Germany Or a group of people The Communist Party in the former Soviet Union Add key points in the history of your country to the timeline. 4

Dictatorship Description A leader takes control over the gov’t and has total power Example Cuba (Castro) & Iraq (Saddam Hussein) 5

Democracy The word “democracy” literally means “rule by the people.” In a democracy, the people hold the power Insert a map of your country. 6

Direct Democracy Description The power of gov’t is controlled directly by the people Example New England Townhall Meetings 7

Representative Democracy Description The people elect representatives who then make decisions for them Example The United States/Senators & Represenatives 8

Geographic Distribution of Power Unitary:All government power belongs to a single group. Federal: Power of the government is divided between a central government and smaller local governments. (state gov’ts) Confederation: An alliance of individual countries which have the same power/Civil War/Confederacy

Parliamentary Democratic Government The Parliament controls the power Prime Minister leads the Parliament Prime Minister is chosen by the majority party in the Parliament, not the majority of the people Prime Minister & Parliament share power Canada/Harper Gordon Brown/England

Presidential Democracy President controls the final power The legislative & executive branches are separate but share power President answers to the voters who elect him

Think, Pair, Share DIRECTIONS: on a scrap sheet of paper THINK - What will likely happen if a government denies power to the people it governs? PAIR – Read another students answer to the question, then get your paper back and add any comments to your paper SHARE – tell the class when the teacher calls on you