Types of government Flashcards

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Autocracy

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An autocracy is when a government has one person in power. there are two Main types,a monarchy and a dictatorship.

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Monarchy

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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).

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Dictatorship

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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.

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Democracy

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In a democracy the people have political power. there is two Main types. representatives democracies and direct democracies.

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Representatives Democracies

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Citizens elect leader to represent them in government. they elect leaders or representatives to do the day to day work of governing the Country.

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Direct democracy

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Citizens are involved in day to day work of governing, they participate in lawmaking or May even act as judges.

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Oligarchy

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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

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Theocracy

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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

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Anarchy

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There is no government , there is no place on earth where this is official

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