1. GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS WHO RULES? HOW DO THEY RULE?

2. *DEMOCRACY SUPREME POWER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE; POWER USUALLY EXERTED THROUGH VOTING

3. *REPUBLIC PEOPLE VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN GOVERNMENT

4. *TOTALITARIAN ONE INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, OR POLITICAL PARTY HAS TOTAL CONTROL (USUALLY THROUGH FEAR)

5. *DICTATORSHIP ONE PERSON HAS ABSOLUTE POWER

6. *PUPPET GOVERNMENT THE REAL POWER AND CONTROL BELONG TO A PERSON/GROUP BEHIND THE SCENES

7. *MILITARY JUNTA GROUP OF MILITARY PEOPLE FUNCTIONS AS A DICTATOR

8. *COMMUNISM SYSTEM IN WHICH ALL ECONOMIC, GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IS CONTROLLED BY A TOTALITARIAN, SELF-PERPETUATING POLITICAL PARTY

9. *ABSOLUTE MONARCHY HEREDITARY LEADER (KING OR QUEEN) HAS ALL THE POWER *CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY HEREDITARY LEADER (KING OR QUEEN) IS A FIGUREHEAD; PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE POWER, USUALLY THROUGH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

10. *THEOCRACY BASED ON RELIGION; INVOLVES DIVINE GUIDANCE

11. SHARIA LAW

15. *HIERARCHY CLASSIFICATION OF PEOPLE ACCORDING TO LEVELS OF INCOME, SOCIAL STANDING, OR JOB TYPE

16. *DOMESTIC HAVING TO DO WITH ONE’S OWN HOMELAND/COUNTRY *INTERNATIONAL INVOLVING OTHER COUNTRIES

17. *PUBLIC POLICY SYSTEM OF LAWS/REGULATIONS DEVELOPED AND ENFORCED BY GOVERNMENT (USUALLY TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC ISSUE)

18. *CITIZENS MEMBERS OF A COUNTRY

19. *NATION COUNTRY WITH BORDERS AND AN ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT THAT FREELY EXERCISES AUTHORITY WITHIN THOSE BORDERS

20. *PATRIOTISM LOVE OR DEVOTION TO ONE’S COUNTRY