Types of government Flashcards
Autocracy
An autocracy is when a government has one person in power. there are two Main types,a monarchy and a dictatorship.
Monarchy
A monarchy has a king or queen. Some Monarchy have all the power, but others share power with other parts of government (they Can also be democracies).
Dictatorship
A dictatorship is when one leader has absolute control over citizens Lives. THERE may BE courts, a Constitution and elections but they are Controlled by the dictator , nothing is allowed to Change the dictator rule.
Democracy
In a democracy the people have political power. there is two Main types. representatives democracies and direct democracies.
Representatives Democracies
Citizens elect leader to represent them in government. they elect leaders or representatives to do the day to day work of governing the Country.
Direct democracy
Citizens are involved in day to day work of governing, they participate in lawmaking or May even act as judges.
Oligarchy
a Small group of people has all the power, this Could be one political party, race or religious group . it Could also be a few people, junta military Officers WHOSE RULE A country after taking it by force
Theocracy
The Government sees a religion as the source of law . the religions laws are the Country laws. it Can be a Monarchy, a democracy or any other kind of government
Anarchy
There is no government , there is no place on earth where this is official