1. AIM: WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT IS BEST?
DO NOW: MIND MAP

3. An autocracy is a government in which one person has all the power.
MONARCHY
DICTATORSHIP

4. MONARCHY King or queen Usually through family line
Historical times had all the power
Modern times monarchs share power – subject to the country’s constitution

5. ENGLAND – CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

6. DICTATORSHIP One leader has absolute control
Leader has power over all other parts of government

7. Stalin (USSR), Hitler (Nazi Germany), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)

8. In a democracy, citizens hold the political power.
Representative democracy
Direct democracy

9. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY REPUBLIC
Citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government.
People hold power in electing new representatives

11. DIRECT DEMOCRACY No representatives
Citizens directly involved in governing

12. Ancient Greece

13. OLIGARCHY
“rule by a few”
a small group of people has all the power

14. SAUDI ARABIA

15. THEOCRACY recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority
religious law is used to settle disputes and rule the people

17. ANARCHY
No government

22. COMMUNISM
A system of government in which a state plans/controls the economy & a single party, often authoritarian, holds power.
All people are equal.

23. FUNDAMENTALISM
The belief in old & traditional forms of religion running the government.

24. FEDERALISM
A system of government where power and responsibility are divided between a national government and state and local governments.

25. What type of government do we have in the United States?

26. A REPUBLIC