1. Government Systems Review What is government? How are government systems classified? Who has the power? How is power shared?

2. What is government?

3. Government is the organization set up to make laws, settle disagreements, and to provide protection for its citizens

4. Branches of Government

5. Legislative Branch: Part of the government responsible for making laws

6. Executive Branch: Carries out and enforces the laws made by the legislative branch.

7. Judicial Branch: Interprets the laws made by the legislative branch

8. Who’s in charge? Who has the power?

9. Autocratic: One person has all the power Example: North Korea

10. Oligarchic: Few or a small group has all the power. Example: China

11. Democratic: All citizens have the power. Examples: India and South Korea

12. How is the power shared?

13. Unitary: The central government has all the power Example: China or Saudi Arabia

14. Federal: Power is shared between the central and local governments Example: India and the United States

15. Confederacy: Power is shared equally amongst all voluntary members Example: the European Union and OPEC

16. Types of Government

17. Monarchy: Rule by a king or queen or other hereditary ruler Examples: Saudi Arabia and England

18. Republic: A country with an elected leader. Citizens have the power. Example: India and Israel

19. Democracy: Rule by the people Examples: Israel and Turkey

20. Dictatorship: Rule by one person Example: North Korea

21. Types of Monarchies: Absolute Monarchy: Ruler has total power. Example: Saudi Arabia Constitutional Monarchy: Laws limit powers of the ruler. Example: Japan

22. Types of Democracy: Presidential Democracy: Citizens directly elect the head of the executive branch. Example--- South Korea Parliamentary Democracy: Citizens vote for political parties; winning party selects head of the executive branch. Example--- Israel

23. Review Question #1: How many people have power in an autocratic government?

24. ONE

25. Review Question #2 In what type of government system is power shared between the central government and local governments?

26. Federal or Federation

27. Review Question #3 Power is controlled by the central government in a(n) ___________ system of government.

28. UNITARY

29. Review Question #4 What type of government is found in North Korea?

30. Autocratic or Dictatorship or Communist or Communist Dictatorship

31. Review Question #5 In a republic, who chooses the representatives that control the powers of the government?

32. The People or Citizens