1. POLITICAL SYSTEMS

2. DIRECT DEMOCRACY The legislative, judicial, and executive powers are held by directly elected officials. The legislative, judicial, and executive powers are held by directly elected officials.

3. DIRECT DEMOCRACY Major Features Major Features –Male citizens took part in running the government Example Example –Athens/Pericles Time Period Time Period –460-429 BC

4. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC A country is ruled by law, has representative government, and is democratic in nature. A country is ruled by law, has representative government, and is democratic in nature.

5. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Major Features Major Features –Officials chosen by the people –Senate Example Example –Rome Time Period Time Period –509 BC

6. FEUDALISM A social, political, and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval European life. A social, political, and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval European life.

7. FEUDALISM Major Features Major Features –Europe Women in charge of household Women in charge of household Men at war Men at war Knights/manor Knights/manor –Japan Different levels Different levels Example Example –Europe & Asia Time Period Time Period –Europe- 500 AD –Asia- 12th-19th century

8. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY A country is ruled by a monarch, who has absolute control. A country is ruled by a monarch, who has absolute control.

9. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY Major Features Major Features –Centralized power-complete control over government and the lives of people Example Example –Europe- Louis XIV Louis XIV Henry VIII Henry VIII –Russia- Peter the Great Peter the Great Time Period Time Period –Fall of Roman Empire -today

10. CONSTITUTIONAL OR LIMITED MONARCHY A country is ruled by a monarch who has limited power due to a constitution. A country is ruled by a monarch who has limited power due to a constitution.

11. CONSTITUTIONAL OR LIMITED MONARCHY Major Features Major Features –Legislative body limits the monarch’s power  –Bill of Rights Example Example –England Time Period Time Period –1600’s

12. DICTATORSHIP A country is ruled by a single person with absolute power A country is ruled by a single person with absolute power

13. DICTATORSHIP Major Features Major Features –One party rules –regulates every aspect of citizen’s lives Example Example –Stalin –Hitler Time Period Time Period –1920’s to present

14. COMMUNISM A single, totalitarian, party holds power. It is characterized by state control of the economy, and restriction on personal freedoms. A single, totalitarian, party holds power. It is characterized by state control of the economy, and restriction on personal freedoms.

15. COMMUNISM Major Features Major Features –party rules not the people Example Example –U.S.S.R –Lenin –Stalin –Mao Zedong Time Period Time Period –1900’s