Types of Government

2. 3 Forms of Government

3. AUTOCRACY
BENITO MUSSOLINI
RULE BY ONE
EXAMPLE 1: TOTALITARIAN
DICTATORSHIP
FORCE THEORY
EXAMPLE 2: ABSOLUTE
MONARCHY
DIVINE RIGHT THEORY

4. OLIGARCHY
RULE BY FEW
EXAMPLE: COMMUNIST GOV’T
OF CHINA
- MOST OLIGARCHIES CLAIM TO
HAVE RULE FOR THE PEOPLE,
BUT IN REALITY, VERY FEW HAVE
POWER.
Example: Theocracy- a small group of
religious officials run the government.
Example: Ancient Rome- a group of Senators
ran the government

5. DEMOCRACY
RULE BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
EXAMPLE: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GREEK
DEMOS- people
KRATIA- rule
Republic- A form of government in which power resides in the
people

6. DIRECT DEMOCRACY
The people are the gov’t. They create and pass
laws
*Nowhere does this exist in its true form*

7. Representative Democracy
The people vote for delegates to
represent them in government.
CONGRESS

8. CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY
EXAMPLE: GREAT BRITAIN
MONARCHS SHARE POWER W/ ELECTED
LEGISLATURES OR SERVE MAINLY AS THE
CEREMONIAL LEADERS OF THEIR GOV’T
Queen Elizabeth II

9. CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRACY
Individual
LibertyMajority Rule
w/ Minority
Rights
Free
Elections
Competing
Political
Parties
Compromise

10. ANARCHY
What would happen if
we had a total lack of
government (anarchy)?
Anarchy is not a form
of gov’t, it is a lack of
gov’t.