forms of government

 Direct Democracy

•      Citizens rule by directly voting on government decisions

•      Citizens elect representatives to make government decisions

•    A government ruled by only a few people who may be wealthy or in the military

• A system in which the central government has complete control over smaller ones

• A defined territory, with a population, that has a government to make and enforce laws

 unitary

•      Citizens rule by directly voting on government decisions

•      Citizens elect representatives to make government decisions

•    A government ruled by only a few people who may be wealthy or in the military

• A system in which the central government has complete control over smaller ones

• A defined territory, with a population, that has a government to make and enforce laws

 representative democracy

•      Citizens rule by directly voting on government decisions

•      Citizens elect representatives to make government decisions

•    A government ruled by only a few people who may be wealthy or in the military

• A system in which the central government has complete control over smaller ones

• A defined territory, with a population, that has a government to make and enforce laws

oligarchy

•      Citizens rule by directly voting on government decisions

•      Citizens elect representatives to make government decisions

•    A government ruled by only a few people who may be wealthy or in the military

• A system in which the central government has complete control over smaller ones

• A defined territory, with a population, that has a government to make and enforce laws

state

•      Citizens rule by directly voting on government decisions

•      Citizens elect representatives to make government decisions

•    A government ruled by only a few people who may be wealthy or in the military

• A system in which the central government has complete control over smaller ones

• A defined territory, with a population, that has a government to make and enforce laws

sovereignty

• The people who make, enforce, and interprets laws in a country or state

• No government

• When a king or queen has complete control of the government

• When a king or queen has limited power

• The right or authority to rule a territory

government

• The people who make, enforce, and interprets laws in a country or state

• No government

• When a king or queen has complete control of the government

• When a king or queen has limited power

• The right or authority to rule a territory

absolute monarchy

• The people who make, enforce, and interprets laws in a country or state

• No government

• When a king or queen has limited power

• When a king or queen has complete control of the government

• The right or authority to rule a territory

limited monarchy

• The people who make, enforce, and interprets laws in a country or state

• No government

• When a king or queen has limited power

• When a king or queen has complete control of the government

• The right or authority to rule a territory

anarchy

• The people who make, enforce, and interprets laws in a country or state

• No government

• When a king or queen has limited power

• When a king or queen has complete control of the government

• The right or authority to rule a territory