Who Rules? Do You Know Your Forms of Government?

Transcription

1 Who Rules? Do You Know Your Forms of Government?

2 1. One person is in charge. bsolute Democracy Monarchy

3 2. Citizens often have no rights. Democracy Dictatorship

4 3. Government where all citizens take part in creating and approving the law. Dictatorship Direct Democracy

5 4. Led by a king or queen. Monarchy Oligarchy

6 5. Nobody is in charge. Monarchy narchy

7 6. There is one person in charge who took over by force. Dictatorship Democracy

8 7. Leader is a king or queen who often shares power with other parts of government. Monarchy Dictatorship

9 8. Democracy where citizens elect others to serve in government for them. Direct Representative Democracy

10 9. Citizens vote to elect their leaders. Democracy Monarchy

11 10. small group rules the country. Oligarchy Democracy

12 11. People do not answer to any leader or government. Oligarchy narchy

13 12. government where there is a king/queen but they hold very little power. This government is run by an elected Parliament. Constitutional narchy Monarchy

14 13. The group with power can be based on political party or social class. Monarchy Oligarchy

15 14. Government is limited in their power by a constitution. Democracy bsolute Monarchy

16 CTIVITY Identify That Government!

17 SWITZERLND Citizens elect representatives to sit in two different lawmaking assemblies. ut citizens also vote several times a year to decide on laws. Citizens can vote to propose their own laws or undo laws passed by their representatives. ll citizens may vote directly on these laws. Forms of Government: and

18 SOUTH FRIC From , official policy in South frica gave white people all the political power. Even though the majority of South fricans were black, non-whites could not influence government. White South fricans elected representatives to sit in a lawmaking body. Forms of Government: and

19 NORTH KORE One man leads North Korea and controls its government. He also controls its ruling political party. The ruling party chooses candidates for an ssembly, and citizens vote. The candidates do not have opponents, so citizens have no choices. Form of Government:

20 SUDI RI Saudi rabia is led by a king. The king appoints a Council of Ministers to help govern, but there are no elections. The Saudi king makes the final decisions. Forms of Government:

21 DENMRK The people of Denmark elect representatives to sit in Parliament, a lawmaking body. The Queen of Denmark heads the country, but she only has a small role in government. The government is led by a Prime Minister, who is appointed from among the elected representatives. Forms of Government:

22 RZIL razil is led by a president who is elected by the citizens. Citizens in razil elect a new president every four years. Citizens also elect representatives to serve in two different legislative bodies. Form of Government:

23 CTIVITY True or False?

24 True or False? 1. monarchy can be like a dictatorship or it can be part of a democracy. 2. dictatorship can also be a democracy. 3. democracy can have both representative and direct characteristics at the same time. 4. n oligarchy can include representative democracy. 5. government can be both a monarchy and anarchy at the same time. 6.. Totalitarian governments can co-exist with dictatorships. 7. Dictatorships can co-exist with democracy. 8. n oligarchy can be like a dictatorship. True False True False True False True False True False True False True False True False Reason: Reason: Reason: Reason: Reason: Reason: Reason: Reason: