Search Header Logo
SOL 2 Governmental Systems

SOL 2 Governmental Systems

Assessment

Presentation

History

12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Joyce Lackey

FREE Resource

7 Slides • 0 Questions

1

media

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

Forms of Government

2

media
media
media
media

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

3

media
media

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

4

media

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

5

media
media
media
media

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

6

Types of Authoritarian Governments

Communism -
Fascism -

Dictatorship-
Absolute Monarchy -


7

media

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

Forms of Government

Show answer

Auto Play

Slide 1 / 7

SLIDE