Types of Government

Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.

• Anarchy
• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

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

• Dictatorship
• Totalitarian
• Monarchy
• Liberty

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

 People elect representatives to make laws/decisions for them, a government without a monarch.

• Anarchy
• Republic
• Dictator
• Monarchy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

Government which controls every aspect of public and private life. 

• Republic
• Totalitarian
• Theocracy
• Democracy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

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

• Monarchy
• Republic
• Totalitarian
• Democracy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

Example: Saddam Hussein

• Supreme Leader
• Pope
• Dictator
• Monarch

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.

• Constitutional Monarchy
• President
• Dictator
• Republic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• Monarchy
• Anarchy
• Theocracy
• Republic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

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

• Democracy
• Theocracy
• Republic
• Totalitarian

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6