Types of Governments Grade 6

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Why do we have governments?

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To make laws, keep order and prevent chaos

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What is a Democracy?

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government by the people

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Monarchy

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a government with a king or a queen

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Theocracy

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A government that is ruled by the leader of the single dominant religion of the country

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What is a Dictatorship?

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A government where one person makes all the rules and decisions

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What is a constitution?

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A set of rules that tells how a country or a state works

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A person who has absolute power has

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complete authority to do whatever they want without anyone checking on them or questioning them

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Elect

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the act of selecting someone

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A diety is

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a god

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How is the leader in a Theocracy decided?

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They are appointed by the leaders of the dominant religion