Types of Government Anarchy Description No gov’t and no laws Total disorder Example Usually comes from gov’t failure, overthrown.

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Types of Government

Anarchy Description No gov’t and no laws Total disorder Example Usually comes from gov’t failure, overthrown

Theocracy DescriptionDescription The leaders of gov’t are also the leaders of the religionThe leaders of gov’t are also the leaders of the religion ExampleExample The Vatican & IranThe Vatican & Iran

Oligarchy Description When a family or small group of people control all of gov’ts power Example Saudi Arabia’s Royal Family

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 China

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

Monarcy A monarchy consists of rule by a king or queen Sometimes a king is called an “emperor” There are no large monarchies today The United Kingdom, which has a queen is really a republic because the queen has virtually no political power

Absolute Monarchy Description When the King/Queen has total power over the gov’t Example Louis XIV in France

Constitutional Monarchy Description The King/Queen is limited by law and shares power with elected officials Example Present day England

Democracy The word “democracy” literally means “rule by the people” In democracy, the people govern

Direct Democracy Description The power of gov’t is controlled directly by the people There is no modern example of Direct Democracy

Representative Democracy Description The people elect representative s who then make decisions for them Example The United States

Republic A literal democracy is impossible in a political system containing more than a few people All “democracies” are really republics In a republic, the people elect representatives to make and enforce laws

Aristocracy An aristocracy is ruled by the aristocrats Typically the wealthy, educated people Many monarchies have really been ruled by aristocrats Today, the term aristocracy is used negativeley to accuse a republic of being dominated by rich people

Democratic Republic Usually a democratic republic is not democratic and is not a republic A government that officially calls itself a “democratic republic” is usually a dictatorship Communist dictatorships have been especially prone to use this term The official name of North Korea is “the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea” China uses “The People’s Republic of China”

4 Corners Which type of government would you want to live in? Back right (by the currencies poster) – Anarchy Front right (by my desk) – Theocracy Front left (by the pencil sharpener) – Dictatorship Back left (door) - Democracy Why did you pick your choice?