Identify Forms of Governments

SWITZERLAND: Citizens elect representatives to sit in two different lawmaking assemblies. But citizens also vote several times a year to decide on laws. Citizens can vote to propose their own laws or undo laws passed by their representatives. All citizens may vote directly on these laws.

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

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SOUTH AFRICA: From 1948-1994, official policy in South Africa gave white people all the political power. Even though the majority of South Africans were black, non-whites could not influence government. White South Africans elected representatives to sit in a lawmaking body.

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Fascism

• Autocracy

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NORTH KOREA: One man leads North Korea and controls its government. He also controls its ruling political party. The ruling party chooses candidates for an Assembly, and citizens vote. The candidates do not have opponents, so citizens have no choices.

• monarchy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

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SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia is led by a king. The king appoints a Council of Ministers to help govern, but there are no elections. Saudi Arabia’s Basic Law states that the country’s constitution is the Islamic holy book the Qur’an and other religious traditions.

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• theocracy

• democracy

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DENMARK: The people of Denmark elect representatives to sit in Parliament, a law making body. The Queen of Denmark heads the country, but she only has a small role in government. The government is led by a Prime Minister, who is appointed from among the elected representatives.

• Constitutional monarchy

• Parliamentary monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• representative democracy

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