The document discusses different types of governments. It defines a government as a ruling power with authority to make laws, resolve disputes, and make administrative decisions to provide order and stability. It then describes various forms of government including dictatorship/totalitarianism ruled by one person or group with absolute power; direct democracy where all citizens make laws; limited monarchy where the monarch holds ceremonial power; absolute monarchy ruled by an all-powerful monarch; representative democracy/republic where citizens elect representatives; oligarchy ruled by a few people; aristocracy ruled by the wealthy class; theocracy with laws based on religion; and anarchy with no rules or government.

1. TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS

2. KEY POINT
● A GOVERNMENT IS A RULING
POWER IN A POLITICAL
SOCIETY. IT HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAWS,
RESOLVE DISPUTES, AND
ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE
DECISIONS. A GOVERNMENT
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROVIDING ORDER AND
STABILITY TO A NATION,
STATE OR COUNTRY.

3. DICTATORSHIP OR
TOTALITARIANISM
● RULED BY ONE
PERSON OR
GROUP THAT HAS
ABSOLUTE POWER
WHICH IS RARELY
PASSED DOWN
THROUGH
GENERATIONS

4. EXAMPLES OF DICTATORS
● SADDAM HUSSEIN ● ADOLF HITLER

5. DIRECT DEMOCRACY
● ALL THE CITIZENS
MAKE LAWS AND
DECISIONS
TOGETHER

6. LIMITED MONARCHY
● SYSTEM IN WHICH
KING OR QUEEN'S
POWERS ARE
MAINLY
CEREMONIAL (NO
REAL POWER TO
RUN THE
GOVERNMENT)

7. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
● RULED BY AN ALL-POWERFUL
KING
OR QUEEN

8. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
OR REPUBLIC
● CITIZENS ELECT
REPRESENTATIVES
TO MAKE LAWS
AND DECISIONS

9. OLIGARCHY
RULED BY
A FEW
PEOPLE

10. ARISTOCRACY
● RULED BY THE
WEALTHY OR
NOBLE CLASS

11. THEOCRACY
RULED BY PEOPLE
WHO BASE THE
NATION’S LAWS ON
RELIGIOUS IDEAS

12. ANARCHY
NO GOVERNMENT
NO RULES

13. WHO WAS PAYING ATTENTION???
1. WHICH GOVERNMENT RULES BY ONE
PERSON OR GROUP THAT HAS ABSOLUTE
POWER TO RULE?
2. WHICH GOVERNMENT RULES WITH AN ALL-POWERFUL
KING OR QUEEN?
3. WHICH GOVERNMENT ALLOWS CITIZENS
TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE
LAWS AND DECISIONS?

14. ALMOST FINISHED
4. WHICH GOVERNMENT RULES ALLOWS ALL
THE CITIZENS MAKE LAWS AND DECISIONS
TOGETHER?
5. WHICH GOVERNMENT IS RULED BY A FEW
PEOPLE?