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Typesofgovernmentassignment Notes1 2
Typesofgovernmentassignment Notes1 2
Typesofgovernmentassignment Notes1 2
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Examine this website: Link, other websites, and my PowerPoint (Notes 1.1)
Every government has its positive and negative attributes. Examining the different components and types of
Government and define them and list 1 positive and one negative attribute for each.
This does not appear on your rubric for the website portfolio, but I would like you to include it. You will have to
know several types of governments for the tests at the end of the semester.
Definition
Positive
Negative
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Democracy
Representative
democracy (also
indirect democracy or
Direct Democracy
Republic (Representative
Democracy)
psephocracy) is a
variety of democracy
founded on the
principle of elected
officials representing a
group of people, as
opposed to direct
democracy.
beliefs
Anarchy
Theocracy
a system of government
in which priests rule in
the name of God or a
god.
Oligarchy
Authoritarian
government by a dictator.
Dictator- a ruler with total
power over a country,
typically one who has
obtained power by force.
Dictatorship
Monarch
A monarch is the
sovereign head of state
in a monarchy. A
monarch may exercise
the most and highest
authority in the state or
others may wield that
power on behalf of the
monarch.