Government Foldable
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GOVERNMENT
FOLDABLE
KEEP
ALL YEAR!!!!
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