What type of government?

Kim Jung Un has total control over the lives of the people of North Korea. People cannot leave the country and anyone who does escape will be condemning their family to life in a prison camp.

• Anarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Republicanism

The original form of democracy was invented in Athens Greece. Citizens would vote directly on laws and make decisions on government actions.

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy (Republicanism)

• Direct Democracy

• Anarchy

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is King of Saudi Arabia, reigning since 2015. His son once had a journalist killed for writing articles criticizing him. His son, the crown prince and future king of Saudi Arabia had no consequence for this action.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Republicanism

Iranian law is based on Islamic law. The official religion of Iran is Shia Islam. The religion is taught in schools.

• Theocracy

• Direct Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

The US holds presidential elections every 4 years. Members of the House of Representatives have to run for re-election every 2 years whereas Senators have 6 year terms.

• Dictatorship

• Republicanism

• Theocracy

• Direct Democracy

In Japan, the power of the Emperor is limited to a ceremonial role.^[109] Executive power is instead wielded by the Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet, whose sovereignty is vested in the Japanese people.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

In China only one political party is allowed, the Chinese Communist Party. Criticism of the Communist party is illegal. One man was sent to prison for referring to the current president of China, Xi Xinping, as a "steamed dumpling."

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Authoritarian or Totalitarianism

• Theocracy

Every political party in India, whether a national or regional/state party, must have a symbol and must be registered with the Election Commission of India. Symbols are used in the Indian political system to identify political parties in part so that illiterate people can vote by recognizing the party symbols.

• Representative Democracy (Republic)

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Communist

Dictatorship, Theocracy, Absolute Monarchy would be examples of...

• Limited Government

• Unlimited Government

Republicanism, Direct Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy would be examples of...

• Limited Government

• Unlimited Government