1. “What is the ideal form of government? Can people be trusted to govern themselves?”

2. Government Around the World What types of government do you know?

3. Absolute Monarchy Definition Five key features

4. Oligarchy Definition Five key features

5. Popular Democracy Definition Five key features

6. Dictatorship Definition Five key features

7. Theocracy Definition Five key features

8. Communist State Definition Five key features

9. Where do these world leaders belong? On a piece of paper write down the six types of government and underneath place these world leader where they belong. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Barack Obama Iran Mahmoud Ahmedinejad/ Ali Hoseyni Khamene’i Russia Valdimir Putin/ Dimitri Medvedev Hugo ChavezPresident Hu Jintao Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari North Korea Kim Jong – il Great Britain David Cameron/ Elizabeth II

10. World 1900

11. World 1997