1. Forms of Government

2. Let’s start with a little Greek
Archy – Form of Government or rule
Cracy – Rule or Power
Demos - People
Monos – Alone

3. Monarchy – Absolute Nations with absolute monarchs:
From Greek – Monos (one), Archy (rule)
Monarchy – Rule by a family
(King, Queen, Sultan, Prince, Emir)
Absolute Monarchy
Ruler is not bound by law
Nations with absolute monarchs:
Bahrain, Brunei, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Swaziland

4. Monarchy – Constitutional
A Government in which the Monarch is not above the law
The rights of these monarchs vary with each nation
King of Morocco has significant powers
Queen of England has very limited powers
Some nations with Constitutional Monarchs (Sweden, Spain, Lesotho, Japan)

5. Democratic Forms of Government
From the Greek Demos (common people) and Kratos (force, power, strength)
Evolved over time to eliminate requirements of birth for participation
All male citizens could vote (excluding women, slaves, children, non-citizens)
Originated in Athens .

6. Pure/Direct Democracy
Majority rules
town council meeting, student council

7. Representative Democracy
People Vote on Representatives to run the government

8. Republic Rule by the people Leader does not inherit their position
No Majority rule – rights of the individual are respected

9. What is the United States?
Democratic Republic
Jeffersonian Democracy
Constitutional Republic
All of these are correct

10. Parliamentary Democracy
Presidential Democracy – The people vote seperately for the leaders of the executive branch (President/VP) and their Representatives in congress.
United States
Parliamentary democracy – the people vote for their representatives in the Legislative Branch and then the Legislative Branch votes for the leader of the Executive Branch
Great Britain

11. Autocracy – rule by one Unlimited Power
Dictatorship – Stalin, Mussolini, Gaddafi, Castro
Military or Civilian
Absolute monarchy
North Korea – SPA (Supreme People’s Assembly – only political party)

12. Totalitarian
When all aspects of the lives of citizens are controlled by the government – Nazi Germany, The Soviet Union under Stalin, North Korea

13. Anarchy
Rule by None
Somalia

14. Iran Theocracy Vatican City
A government ruled by or subject to religious authority
Iran
Vatican City