Government Foldable

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Systems

Types

Forms

Structures

How is Power Distributed?

Who rules and who How much power participates? does the government have?

Who are the leaders and what do they do?

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Government Systems • Systems tell how the power is distributed

Systems of Governments – Federal-power is distributed equally between local and federal governments – Confederation-local and federal government both have power, but the local government is stronger • Ex: European Union, UN

– Unitary-Central government has all the power • Ex: UK, Saudi Arabia

Government Types • Types tell who rules and who participates in the government

• Oligarchy-government is ruled by a small group of people – Ex: China, Iran

• Democracy-people have the power, people VOTE – Ex: Constitutional Monarchy, Presidential Democracy (USA, Israel, Japan)

Types Continued… • Autocracy-one person rules and has total power – Ex: Dictatorship, Absolute Monarchy (Saudi Arabia, North Korea)

• Theocracy-Laws and Leaders are guided by religion – Ex: Saudi Arabia, Iran (Islamic Republics)

Forms of Government • Forms tell how much power the government has

Forms of Government • Limited Power-A government where everyone, even all members of the government, must obey the rules – the government has a constitution

• Unlimited Power-A government where the leaders have complete power to do anything – – no constitution (Saudi Arabia, North Korea)

Government Structures • Structures tell how the government is organized and who the leaders are

• Constitutional Monarchy-a king or queen (monarch) shares power with a government formed by the constitution. – Ex: Japan, Uk

• Parliamentary Democracy-power is held by an elected parliament representing the people – Ex:UK

• Presidential Democracy- a president is elected to make informed decisions for us. – Ex: Japan

• Constitutional Republic- the head of the country and other officials are elected as representatives of the people, and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over citizens – Ex: USA