GOVERNMENT

Objectives:
 Understand the meaning of government.
 Identify the different forms and functions
of government.
 Appreciate the importance of government
in society.
 What is
Government?
Government
is a system of social control under which the
right to make laws, and the right to enforce
them, is given to a particular group in
society. Government power can be held by
one individual, a few, or a majority.
LAW
Defend Against External Enemies
Manage Economic Conditions
Provide Social Facilities
Protection of the environment
Provide Economic Opportunities
Government
is a system of social control under which the
right to make laws, and the right to enforce
them, is given to a particular group in
society. Government power can be held by
one individual, a few, or a majority.
 FORMS OF
GOVERNMENT
 1.
Democracy
Supreme power is given to the people and
exercised by them directly or indirectly through a
system of representation.
Separation of Powers

 Enacts the Laws ofImplements

the country and
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Interprets
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laws and public
 Organized the appointments of the
President policies
Checks and balances
 2.
Dictatorship
A government in which a single leader or party
exercises absolute control over all citizens and every
aspect of their lives.
 3.
Monarchy
Rule by a single person (a king or queen), who is
the permanent head of state. The term is now used
to refer to countries with hereditary rulers.
 4.
Theocracy
In a theocracy, government leaders are members of
the clergy and the state’s legal system is based on
religious law.
 5.
Aristocracy
Is a group of people considered to be in the highest
class in society who traditionally have lands, money
and power. Usually they are the leaders of the
country.
 6.
Oligarchy

Form of government in which ruling power is in the

hands of a few leaders.
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TIME
DEMOCRACY COMMUNISM

A type of government who

ruled by selected few

OLIGARCHY ARISTOCRACY
AUTOCRACY MONARCHY

A type of government who

ruled by elite class of
society

DEMOCRACY ARISTOCRACY
AUTOCRACY DEMOCRACY

A type of government who

ruled by priest or officials
from church.

OLIGARCHY ARISTOCRACY
ARISTOCRACY DEMOCRACY

A type of government
which people or majority
holds the power

OLIGARCHY AUTOCRACY
 AUTOCRACY DEMOCRACY

A government in which a
single leader or party exercises
absolute control over all
citizens and every aspect of
their lives.

DICTATORSHIP MONARCHY