1. Different Forms of Government Six types that you need to know!

2. Totalitarian Dictatorship Rule by a single leader or a small group May use force to keep control and uses force to come to power Little or no attention to public opinion or individual rights

3. Theocracy Rulers claim to be ruling on behalf of a set of religious ideas or as direct agents of a god Ruler is affiliated with the church Rulers claim to be ruling on behalf of a set of religious ideas or as direct agents of a god Ruler is affiliated with the church

4. Absolute Monarchy  Has a king or a queen  Has complete power  Power is passed along through the family  Has a king or a queen  Has complete power  Power is passed along through the family

5. Constitutional Monarchy  King or Queen rules in a partnership with a democratically elected parliament  Power is limited by a Constitution  King or Queen rules in a partnership with a democratically elected parliament  Power is limited by a Constitution

6. Parliamentary Democracy  Citizens vote for representatives to Parliament (Congress)  Parliament then elects a Prime Minister (President) from among themselves  Citizens vote for representatives to Parliament (Congress)  Parliament then elects a Prime Minister (President) from among themselves

7. Presidential Democracy  Led by representatives of the voters  The President is chosen by the people and is separate from the Congress  Led by representatives of the voters  The President is chosen by the people and is separate from the Congress

8. Anarchy  Absence or non- recognition of authority and order in any given sphere  No government  Absence or non- recognition of authority and order in any given sphere  No government