1. Governments Around The World

2. Governments Around The World

3. Democratic/Limited Government
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
Barak Obama of The United States
Authoritarian/Autocratic-Totalitarian/Unlimited Government
Absolute Monarchy
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Theocracy
Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela

4. Autocratic / Authoritarian Government
Those in power are not answerable to the people of the country and citizens do not have any real voice in how they are ruled
Vladimir Putin

5. Totalitarian Government
Ruler of a country control all aspects of life for their citizens and bans all opposition.
Kim Jong-un
Supreme Leader of North Korea

6. Absolute Monarchy King Salman
A single ruler who has inherited their position through family and holds complete and unlimited power.
King Salman
King of Saudi Arabia

7. Sheikh Hamim bin Khalifa Al Thani
Emir of Qatar

8. Dictatorship
A single leader who holds extraordinary power that is ussually not based on heredity (being born into a certain family).

9. Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria

10. Robert Mugabe
President of Zimbabwe

11. Raul Castro
President of Cuba

12. Oligarchy
A small group holds power based on wealth, military power, social position, or a combination of these.

13. Leaders of the Chinese Communist Party

14. Theocracy
all laws are dictated by religious law and are strictly enforced
ISIS

15. And now for the democracies…

16. Direct Democracy
People govern themselves by voting on issues directly as citizens.
All citizens meet and vote together as a part of the government
Requires a very small population and is very rare today
U.S. examples are recalls and initiatives where regular citizens gather signatures to remove politicians from office or change local/state laws.

17. Local Town Hall Meetings
Plymouth Pilgrims
Pericles of Greece
Local Town Hall Meetings

18. Representative Democracy
People elect representatives and give them the responsibility and power to make laws and conduct government.
May be presidential democracy or parliamentary democracy.

19. Presidential Democracy
Constitution separates the executive branch from the legislative and judicial branches (separation of powers).
Executive branch is led by a president
Ex. U.S.; Mexico; Brazil; Algeria; Indonesia.

20. Presidential System
Legislative:
Executive:
Judicial:
Makes Laws
Enforces Laws
Interprets Laws

21. Parliamentary Democracy
Constitution combines executive and legislative functions in the Parliament
Parliament is led by the Prime Minister, generally the leader of the majority party
Ex. Italy; Germany; Israel, India; Ethiopia.

22. Parliamentary System
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Makes Laws
Enforces Laws
Interprets Laws

23. Parliamentary Democracy with a Constitutional Monarchy
Functions just like a parliamentary democracy, but a monarch has a ceremonial role in representing the govt.
Ex. Britain, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Japan.

24. Parliamentary System with Constitutional Monarchy
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Makes Laws
Enforces Laws
Interprets Laws
Monarch