Adv: Forms and Systems of government

Which system of government does the US have?

• Federal

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Unitary

Unitary system of government

• The central government has all the power. The regional governments have none.

• The regional governments have all the power. The central government has none.

• The Central government shares power with the regional government.

Constitutional Monarchy

• A monarch with unlimited power

• A monarch that is limited in power by a constitution

• A monarchy that rises to power through the use of force.

Dictator

• A monarch with unlimited power

• A monarch that is limited in power by a constitution

• A single ruler that rises to power through the use of force.

Federal system of government

• The central government has all the power. The regional governments have none.

• The regional governments have all the power. The central government has none.

• The Central government shares power with the regional government.

Oligarchy

• Rule by a few

• Rule by a single person

• Rule by all

• Rule by none

The regional government has all the power and the central government has very little.

• Confederal system

• Oligarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Unitary System

Direct Democracy

• Everyone has power and votes on individual public issues

• Everyone has power and votes for representatives in government

• A few people have power

• A single person has power

Anarchy

• Central government has all the power. Regional government has none

• The absence of government

• A singular ruler with unlimited power

• Rule by a few

Confederal system of government

• The central government has all the power. The regional governments have none.

• The regional governments have all the power. The central government has none.

• The Central government shares power with the regional government.