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

A government led by a king or a queen.

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

The leader of this type of government often share power with other parts of the government, like in Britain.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship

A type of democracy in which citizens elect other citizens to serve in the government.

• Direct democracy
• Representative democracy

A government in which citizens vote to elect their leaders.

• Republic (Representative Democracy)

• Autocracy

A form of democracy in which citizens participate in the lawmaking process themselves.

• Direct democracy
• Republic