TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS

BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS

1. TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS

2. KEY POINT A GOVERNMENT IS A RULING POWER IN A POLITICAL SOCIETY. IT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAWS, RESOLVE DISPUTES, AND ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS. A GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ORDER AND STABILITY TO A NATION, STATE OR COUNTRY.

3. DICTATORSHIP OR TOTALITARIANISM RULED BY ONE PERSON OR GROUP THAT HAS ABSOLUTE POWER WHICH IS RARELY PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS

4. EXAMPLES OF DICTATORS ADOLF HITLER SADDAM HUSSEIN

5. DIRECT DEMOCRACY ALL THE CITIZENS MAKE LAWS AND DECISIONS TOGETHER

6. LIMITED MONARCHY SYSTEM IN WHICH KING OR QUEEN'S POWERS ARE MAINLY CEREMONIAL (NO REAL POWER TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT)

7. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY RULED BY AN ALL-POWERFUL KING OR QUEEN

8. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY OR REPUBLIC CITIZENS ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE LAWS AND DECISIONS

9. OLIGARCHY RULED BY A FEW PEOPLE

10. ARISTOCRACY RULED BY THE WEALTHY OR NOBLE CLASS

11. THEO CRACY RULED BY PEOPLE WHO BASE THE NATION ’S LAWS ON RELIGIOUS IDEAS

12. ANARCHY NO GOVERNMENT NO RULES

13. WHO WAS PAYING ATTENTION??? WHICH GOVERNMENT RULES BY ONE PERSON OR GROUP THAT HAS ABSOLUTE POWER TO RULE ? WHICH GOVERNMENT RULES WITH AN ALL-POWERFUL KING OR QUEEN? WHICH GOVERNMENT ALLOWS CITIZENS TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE LAWS AND DECISIONS?

14. ALMOST FINISHED 4. WHICH GOVERNMENT RULES ALLOWS ALL THE CITIZENS MAKE LAWS AND DECISIONS TOGETHER? 5. WHICH GOVERNMENT IS RULED BY A FEW PEOPLE?