1. Types of Political Systems

2. What you’ll need: ENH book and a pen that works!
We will be going through some different types of ‘political systems’ (aka seeing how different countries are run).
You will need to copy each different political system into your ENH books (hence the book and pen is needed- ahhh all makes sense now).
Let’s begin 

3. ANARCHY A society without government or law.
E.g: There is no country known that is under anarchy.

4. DICTATORSHIP
A form of government in which one person or a small group has absolute power, without limitation.
E.g: North Korea, Egypt, Kazakhstan.

5. MAJORITY TYRANNY
A system in which the majority(most) rule without respect for the rights of minority(smaller) groups.

6. MONARCHY
A government in which power is vested in a king or emperor who can pass power on to his or her heirs.
E.g England, Belgium, Morroco.

7. OLIGARCHY
A government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power.
E.g South Africa

8. REPUBLIC
A type of democracy in which the citizens are represented and governed by people elected in fair and competitive elections.
E.g: Chili, France, Turkey.

9. DEMOCRACY
This is a way of running a country where people have the right to choose who represents them.
E.G Australia!

10. Think of some counties that you think have full democracies… (You have 2min to write down as many countries as you can!)

11. Full Democracies
1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Iceland 4. Denmark 5. New Zealand
6. Australia 7. Switzerland 8. Canada 9. Finland 10. Netherlands
11. Luxembourg 12. Austria 13. Ireland 14. Germany 15. Malta
16. United Kingdom 17. Czech Republic 18. Uruguay 19. Mauritius 20. South Korea
21. United States of America 22. Costa Rica 23. Japan 24. Belgium 25. Spain

12. Task: 1)What political system(s) do you agree with? Why?
2)What political system(s) do you disagree with? Why?
3)Define the following words: ( this can be added to your glossary)
Democracy
Government
Politics
Representative
Parliament
Political Party
Vote
Constitution
4) Complete the following paragraph using the word bank below
The UK is a democracy and people have the right to choose their __________ through regular elections with a choice of political ______ and free media. However, people also have a __________to act within the law and to exercise their rights by ___________ in the political process.
Responsibility Representatives Parties Participating