Political Systems

Where the leaders are elected by a majority of the people in the country in a vote.

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

An absolute monarchy is a country where.....

• the leader is elected by the rich people

• the leader is the oldest child of the ruling family

• the leader is the oldest son of the previous King

• the leader is the oldest child of the previous king and has all the power to make any rules they like

Constitutional Monarchy

• A country where there is a King or Queen

• A country where there is a King or Queen as well as an elected group of leaders

• A country where the King/Queen is the head of the state, but an elected group of people actually runs the country

• A country where there is a constitution

Theocracy

• A country where the leaders are theos

• A country where the leader of the main religion is automatically the leader of the country

• A country where people elect a religious leader

• A country where people decide their own religion

A dictatorship is

• an country where the leaders are dictators

• a country where the leaders are elected by the people

• a country where the leader gets into power through force

• a country where the leader often gets into power by force and then makes all the rule themselves

Anarchy

• is a country where leaders are elected only by men

• a country where the leaders are elected by everyone

• a country where the leaders are anarchs

• a country where there is no leadership and everything is chaos

An oligarchy is

• where the leaders of the country are the same race of people

• a country where a group of people rule the country, often like a group dictatorship

• a country where oligarchs rule the country

• a country where everyone votes for the leaders using the single transferrable vote system

Elizabeth I of England

• was a theocrat

• was a democrat

• was a dictator

• was an absolute monarch

Donald Trump is an example of a leader of what kind of country

• a constitutional monarchy

• a theocracy

• a dictatorship

• a democracy

Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, is an example of...

• a dictator

• a King

• a democratically elected leader

• an oligarch