Types of Government

What is a government?

• A group of people that have the power to rule over a community

• The list of laws of a community

• A group of religious leaders

• A small group of people with supreme power

What are the key components of a government?

• Make laws

• Fund a defense system

• Run a justice system

• Provide leadership for problems within sociey

What is an autocracy?

• A government where all power is controlled by one person

• A government where power is shared by a few people

• A government where power is shared by the citizens

• A government where power is shared by religious leaders

What are the two most common forms of autocracy?

• Absolute Monarchs and Dictators

• Aristocracy and Theocracy

• Direct Democracies and Representative Democracies

• Oligarchy and Democracy

What is a dictatorship?

• A government where the leader makes it against the law to disagree with the government

• A government where the leader is chosen by the citizens

• A government where the leader has to follow the law

• A government where the leader is a king

What is a democracy?

• A system of government where most citizens can vote and elect people to rule the country

• A government where all power is controlled by one person

• A government where power is shared by a few people

• A government where power is shared by religious leaders

What are the two main types of democracies?

• Direct Democracies and Representative Democracies

• Absolute Monarchs and Dictators

• Aristocracy and Theocracy

• Oligarchy and Democracy

What type of democracy is the United States?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

What is an aristocracy?

• A government ruled by people who claim to be better and of higher status than the rest of the citizens

• A government where the leader makes it against the law to disagree with the government

• A government where all power is controlled by one person

• A government where power is shared by religious leaders

Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Anarchy