1. GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS

2. Theocracy God or deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler or…
Governed by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
No separation of church and state

3. Iran - (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)

4. MONARCHY Rule by one (King or Queen)
-claims power by birth right
Constitutional monarchy – citizens have power
Absolute monarchy – citizens have no power
Divine Right – derives right to rule from the will of God and is answerable only to God

5. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud
Saudi Arabia

6. Queen Elizabeth II

7. Individual or group holds political power
DICTATORSHIP
Individual or group holds political power
-not tied to heredity
-usually takes power by force

8. Saddam Hussein Kim Jong-il (Iraq) (North Korea)

9. COMMUNISM A single political party holds power Citizens hold no power
Goal is a classless society (equality among all citizens)

11. DEMOCRACY Citizens hold political power Direct Democracy or
- power belongs to the people
Direct Democracy or
Representative Democracy