TYPES OF
GOVERNMENTS
UNLIMITED GOVERNMENT
Government in which leaders
rule without any restrictions.
These rulers do not follow
the rules they make.
EX: China, Iraq, Iran
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
 Unlimited type of government
 Form of government in which the
king or queen governs with
complete power.
 Kings and queens are born into
ruling families.
 Their power is inherited.
DICTATORSHIP
Unlimited type of government.
Government under the control
of one all-powerful leader.
EX: Saddam Hussein, Adolf
Hitler, Ivan the Terrible, Joseph
Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
 Type of government where, through
law, some control is placed on
leadership’s powers.
 Rulers must follow the rules.
 Constitution exists so government
officials can not take advantage of the
people.
 EX: United States, India, Italy
DEMOCRACY
 Limited type of government.
 Form of government in which citizens
choose the nation’s leaders by voting
for them.
 Representative Democracy – government
where the people are represented by
elected leaders.
 Direct Democracy – people govern
themselves by voting individually on issues.
CONSTUTIONAL MONARCHY
 Limited type of government.
 Government in which a king or queen is
the official head of state, but elected
officials run the government.
 Parliament – supreme legislative body in the
United Kingdom and other countries.
 EX: Great Britain and Canada
UNLIMITED VS. LIMITED
GOVERNMENT
UNLIMITED
LIMITED