Monday 9814 Review Types of Government Notes Introduce

Monday 9/8/14 Review Types of Government Notes Introduce Country Project

Civics and Economics Day 10

REVIEW What is a Government? What does the government do for us?

Different Types of Governments

Government Prefixes and suffixes Prefixes Suffixes Demos- -cracy People Theo God, a god Mon One Aristo Nobility/Wealthy A-/an Not, without Rule, government power -archy Form of government or rule

Democracy A system of government in which citizens vote based on the principle of majority rule. Majority rulecitizens agree to abide by what most people want.

Republic Citizens choose a smaller group of elected officials to represent and lead the people.

Authoritarian A Non-Democratic system of government in which one person or a group of people have strict control over a country.

Monarchy A government ruled by a king or queen (royalty), usually through bloodline or heredity.

Dictatorship Government ruled by one person or a small group of people. Usually rules by force and often controls the police and military.

Totalitarianism The Government has complete(Total) control over the people’s lives. A dictatorship can be a type of totalitarian government

Theocracy Government ruled by a church or religion

Aristocracy A Government ruled by the wealthy elite.

Anarchy Absence of government. Chaos