Civics Twins

Shows who holds power in the government/ can participate in government.

• Form of government

• Systems of government

• Types of government

• Power of Government

Shows how power is divided or distributed in the country.

• Systems of government

• Types of government

• Form of government

• government

Rule by the people; citizens have the power to participate in government.

• Democracy

• Totalitarian

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

Citizens control the government by directly deciding/voting on laws and procedures.

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Theocracy

Citizens control the government (through free and fair elections), but elect representatives, such as senators, governors, presidents, or any other elected official to make laws, run the country, and govern on their behalf.

This is also called a constitutional republic.

• Representative Democracy

• Totalitarian

• Oligrachy

• Direct Democracy

Rule with total authority over the people; the will of the citizens is excluded from the political process

• Totalitarian

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

Rule by some / few; an elite group holds power (determined by wealth, race, or military or political status) and controls the government.

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

Rule by one; a single ruler controls all political power and does not allow citizens to participate in government.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Totalitarian

Rule by a monarch; power is inherited and held by a king or a queen, for example.

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

A government based on religious ideas and sacred texts; people in power are usually religious leaders and society uses religious law to settle its disputes.

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• monarchy

• Totalitarian