SOL 2 Governmental Systems

Government - A system of social control under which the right to make laws and enforce them is held by a particular group in society.

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​Forms of Government

A form of government that allows the people or citizens to participate in their government.
People Rule

​​Democarcy

The people or citizens are the government. and citizens make all the decisions and run the government.
Majority Rule

​​Direct Democracy

The people or citizens elect people to run the government or make and enforce
laws on their behalf.
Representative Democracy

Indirect Democracy

 A form of government in which the people elect, or choose, their leaders.
United States

​Republic

A system of government in which the country is ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution

Constitutional Monarchy

A system of government in which the government must agree or follow a constitution (law) that states what that government can or cannot do.

The government is not ALL POWERFUL.

Limited Government

​By definition, a republic is a representative form of government ruled according to a charter or constitution, while a democracy is a government ruled according to the will of the majority. 

​The difference between a democracy and a republic

Someone who demands that people obey entirely and refuses to allow them freedom to act as they wish

Authoritarian Government

A form of government that permits no individual freedom and seeks to force all aspects of personal life to the state's authority.

Totalitarian

A form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations

Dictatorship

A political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country.

​​Absolutism

Types of Authoritarian Governments

Communism -
Fascism -
Dictatorship-
Absolute Monarchy -