1. Forms of Governments

2. TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP
AUTOCRACY
Dictatorship-come to power by force
Ideas of ruler are glorified
totalitarian
TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP

3. Dictatorship
One person, or a small group of people, holds unlimited power
Power is maintained by force
Most dictators head authoritarian or totalitarian regimes
An oligarchy is led by a small group of people
Dictatorships can be secular or theocracies

4. AUTOCRACY Example Germany/Italy A. Hitler/ Mussolini
Iraq/Saddam Hussein

5. MONARCHY-king queen emperor-divine right
AUTOCRACY
MONARCHY-king queen emperor-divine right

6. Monarchy
Government is headed by one person with supreme authority
In absolute monarchy, powers are unlimited and unchecked

7. Absolute-king has complete power Ex. Saudi Arabia
MONARCHY
Absolute-king has complete power
Ex. Saudi Arabia

8. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
ALTERNATIVE TO TOTALITARIAN MONARCH: CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
Constitutional –king shares power with elected legislature
England
Japan

9. Totalitarian Regimes
Ex. - North Korea

10. Theocracy
Ex. Iran

11. OLIGARCHY
Rule by a few people who get their power from wealth , social position or military power
Ex. Communist China, Sparta, Greece
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12. DEMOCRACY—RULE IS BY THE PEOPLE
DIRECT- PEOPLE GOVERN AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES
Ex. Athens, Greece
New England town meetings.

13. DEMOCRACY-RULE BY THE PEOPLE
Representative/Indirect - people elect representatives to make decisions
Republic—voters hold sovereign power
Ex. USA

14. Many of the dictatorships that began to decline turned to Democracies. . .
Totalitarian dictatorships and dictatorships around the world began to see a decline in the 1990s.
Democracies saw an increase in 1990’s.

15. CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRACY
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY-People should have an equal opportunity to develop their talents and abilities

16. Characteristics of DEMOCRACY
MAJORITY RULE WITH MINORITY RIGHTS- decisions made by the majority of voters in free elections are accepted

17. Characteristics of DEMOCRACY
FREE ELECTIONS- gives people the chance to choose their leaders and to voice their opinions

18. Characteristics of DEMOCRACY
COMPETING POLITICAL PARTIES- political parties give voters a choice

19. Where is DEMOCRACY MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED?
Free enterprise-the opportunity to control one’s economic destiny
Countries with a large middle class
Stable economies
Educated public
Common values

21. Organizing National Power
Consists of a number of smaller administrative units
Control can be centralized or spread across geographic regions
Unitary systems
Sovereignty rests in a single, national government with ultimate authority
Has the power to change or abolish local governments
Federal systems
Divides power between a national government and smaller regional governments
Levels act independently, but cannot abolish or reorganize the other level
Confederal systems
Independent states join forces in a central government
States delegate limited powers to the central government for common interests

23. Presidents and Parliaments
Governments are formed through historical circumstances.
Today most countries have some form of democratic government, either a
presidential system or a parliamentary system.
Presidential
President—Elected by the people for a limited term of office
Head of state and in charge of executive branch
Deals with cabinet members, policy, armed forces, foreign affairs, domestic legislation
Powers checked by legislative branch
Parliamentary
Most democracies modeled after British system
Executive and legislative combined
Prime minister chosen by and from parliament (elected legislature); member of majority party
Appoints cabinet members from
majority party

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