1. What does government protect? What does government provide?
Types of Government
What is government?
What does government protect?
What does government provide?

2. What is government?
the institution that people set up to protect their community and enforce its rules.

3. What does government protect?
lives, liberty, and property of the members of the community

4. What does government provide?
Services that individuals cannot otherwise provide on their own.

5. Types of Government
Type of Government
Who controls the government?
Who gives the government power?
Important Aspects
Examples
oldest form of government
divine right – power from God
constitutional monarchy – monarchy that shares power with an elected legislature
Middle Ages Europe
(Louis XIV)
Ancient Roman Empire
Ancient China
England
Hereditary (groups of related people, typically father and son) rulers controls government
Monarchy

6. Types of Government People who govern themselves without a monarch
Type of Government
Who controls the government?
Who gives the government power?
Important Aspects
Examples
People who govern themselves without a monarch
use representatives to make decisions
or, hereditary nobles to govern
United States
Republics of Venice and Genoa
Republic

7. Types of Government People control government through voting Democracy
Type of Government
Who controls the government?
Who gives the government power?
Important Aspects
Examples
people enjoy certain basic rights
direct democracy – people vote on issues directly
representative democracy – people choose representatives to vote on issues
Ancient Athens
United States
many nations throughout the world
People control government through voting
Democracy

8. Types of Government
Type of Government
Who controls the government?
Who gives the government power?
Important Aspects
Examples
- control is seized by force or an individual is placed into authority
- citizens have few rights or influence on the government
Control rests with an individual or a small group of people
Cuba under Castro
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Dictatorship

9. Types of Government Government closely controls every aspect of life.
Type of Government
Who controls the government?
Who gives the government power?
Important Aspects
Examples
Germany under Hitler
Soveit Union under Stalin
Iraq under Hussein
North Korea
- government controls:
- religion
- political parties
- media (radio, t.v.)
- all dissent is suppressed
Government closely controls every aspect of life.
Totalitarian

10. Types of Government Religious leaders control government Theocracy
Type of Government
Who controls the government?
Who gives the government power?
Important Aspects
Examples
- believe that government is directed by God
- no legal separation of church and state
- citizens of other faiths are expelled or excluded
Iran
Vatican City
(Pope)
Religious leaders control government
Theocracy

11. Which is the best form of government?
Listen to the debate between the following characters:
Thomas Jefferson (democracy);
and Louis XIV (monarchy)
as they debate which form of government is the best.
At the end of the debate you will need to answer the following questions:
Which government do you think is best?
Explain your answer.
What would a ruler of a THEOCRACY add to this debate?