Government Systems 24-25

power is divided between central authority & several regional authorities

• Federal

• Presidential

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

1 person possesses unlimited power & citizens have limited role in government

• Oligarchy

• Presidential

• Autocracy

• Democracy

small group exercises control & citizens have limited role in government

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Parliamentary

• Oligarchy

supreme power is vested in the people & exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation involving free elections

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Presidential

form of government in which a god is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. Religious institutional representatives often replace or mix into the civilian government.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

system of government in which the leader is constitutionally independent of the legislature; citizens directly elect leader
Leader works separate from legislature

• Presidetnial

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary

• Democracy

a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.

• Dictator

• President

• Prime Minister

A government ruled by a king or queen (Limited Power)

• Monarchy

• Patriarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

a ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people (Unlimited Power)

• Absolute Monarch

• Prime Minister

• President

• Senator

government in which the President is chosen independently of the legislature and the two branches are separate

• Autocratic System

• Democratic System

• Presidential System

• Parliamentary System