CORNELL NOTES Name: Mercedes Cross

Class: 1 Topic: Unit 2 Section 1

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Types of Government Monarchy: King, queen or emperor
Absolute monarchy: One ruler
Constitutional monarchies: King or queen has little or no power. Parliament or
houses of government with a prime minister perhaps.
Dictatorship: Leader has control, little or no public participation (Adolf Hitler)
Totalitarian: Only one political party, government controls all aspects of life
public and private (North Korea)
Democracy
Direct: Everyone votes on everything. Common in New England townhall
meetings. (No country today)
Representative: indirect; vote for people to represent (U.S.)
Republic: People vote and are the leaders but they have elected representatives
to exercise their power (U.S) many countries claim to be Republics or
Democracies but are not
Theocracy: Government believed to be controlled and inspired by a deity (god)
and follows religious law
Islamic Republics: Sharia law derived from the Koran
Vatican City: The pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the papal
state.
Themes I see in the Freedom of Religion, Representative Government, Diversity, Popular
information Sovereignty, & Rule of Law
Other Questions I may Is there a government type that is considered “best”? (with fewest flaws)
have about the
information (Required)
Please list three things
you learned today
(Required)
1 What a theocracy is
2 The differences between monarchies
3 How different democracies function
Please explain how one Depending on where I stay, I can see obvious differences in support for
thing you learned today democracy vs. republic.
relates to you. BE
SPECIFIC!!!!