GOVERNMENT TYPES
Democracy: Ruled by MANY.
a. Direct Democracy: All citizens have a vote in all major decisions.
Works best with small groups.
b. Indirect Democracy: Citizens elect officials (representatives) to
make major decisions for the country. Citizens hold the right
and power to remove and replace elected officials if needed.
Oligarchy: Ruled by FEW.
a. Oligarchy means the rule of the few, and those few are
generally the people who are richer and more powerful than
the others, what you might call the aristocrats or the nobles.
Autocracy: Ruled by ONE.
a. Monarchy: Ruled by royalty, such as a king or queen.
i. Absolute Monarchy: king or queen has
unlimited power.
ii. Constitutional Monarchy: the power of the king
or queen is limited by the constitution set by
the country.
b. Dictatorship: Ruling by force with unlimited power. A similar
type of Autocracy is a Tyranny.