Types of Government

Open Ended

What do you think a government is? What does a government do?

​What is government?

​Government is an organization people set up to protect the community and make rules

• There is a leader or leaders in charge

• There are rules or laws to follow

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​What does a goverment do?

• Protects the community

•  Makes laws

•  Keeps or maintains order/peace

•  Collects taxes to take care of things (roads, public buildings, postal service, military, schools)

Open Ended

What would happen if we didn't have a government?

​Why do people need a government?

​For protection of people and   property

•  Making rules- to maintain order

•  Enforcing laws- to ensure safety

•  To have someone in charge of schools, roads, military, etc.

•  Without it= chaos, disorder, unsafe

​Types of Government

• Monarchy

• Dictator​ship

• ​Oligarchy

• ​Democracy

• Theocracy​

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​Monarchy

• Power is in the hands of a king, queen, emperor or empress.

• Royal Family The ruling position can be passed on to the ruler’s children. 

• In some traditional monarchies, the monarch has absolute power (judges, leading army, making laws) 

• But a constitutional monarchy, like the UK, also has a democratic government that limits the monarch's control.​

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​Monarchy in England

Multiple Choice

This type of government is present when a king/queen is in power, and their family is the only one that become King/Queen after them.

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

​Oligarchy

​Oligarchy means “rule by a few”

• A government in which a few people have power  (political group, one social class, or one race – Often times they are wealthy $$$)

• The Oligarchs care only about themselves. 

• The make decisions to benefit their group and many times are described as  “making the rich richer and the poor poorer”. 

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Multiple Choice

Oligarchy means ruled by:

• a few

• many

​dictatorship

• A country ruled by a single leader known as a Tyrant or Dictator.

• The leader has NOT been elected and may use force to take and keep control. 

• The tyrant or dictator has all the power over citizens’ lives and citizens have no choices.

• Some tyrants made their supporters happy and helped the poor. They did this so they were not overthrown. Others were not so kind.

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In your own words, describe life is like in North Korea. What would life for North Koreans look like if they did not live under a dictator?

​Theocracy

• A form of government in which God (or the gods) is the supreme ruler

• The leader is thought to serve through his “divine right” and represent God on Earth

• The laws often come from the Holy Books/texts that the religion of the culture follows

• Examples:

• The Pope in the Vatican City/Roman Catholic Church

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​Democracy

• In a democracy, the government is elected by the people. Everyone who is eligible to vote has a chance to have their say over who runs the country. It is different from governments controlled by a particular social class or group

• A democracy is determined either directly or through elected representatives.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT associated with a democracy?

• citizens voting for their poltiician

• People directly being involved or being represented in government

• politician forcing themselves into power

• people's voices being heard in the government

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Multiple Choice

This type of government only as 1 ruler, and they are not voted in by the citizens.

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

Multiple Choice

Of the following, which government type is the only one that allows people to vote their leaders into power?

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

Oligarchy is a government type that is ruled by many.

• True

• False

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The presence of a king or queen means that the type of government is a

Open Ended

Why are dictatorships a bad thing?