Types of Government Review

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Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation

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Dictatorship

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People elect Representatives to make laws/decisions for them.

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Republic

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Government which controls every aspect of public and private life.

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Totalitarian

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Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

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Democracy

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Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

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Republic

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A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

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Socialism

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North Korea; a single party holds power and suppresses all opposition.

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Totalitarian

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Example: Vatican City; the Pope, a religious leader, holds the highest authority.

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Theocracy

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What type of government is described in the context of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is a sovereign Arab Islamic state with Islam as its religion and The Holy Quran as its constitution?

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Theocracy

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Example: Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin; censored all books and articles, citizens are terrorized by police; any opposition is sent to labor camps or killed.

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Totalitarian