1. Unit 5: Democracy & Citizenship
Types of Government

2. Anarchy A state of society without government or law
Political and social disorder due to the absence of government

3. Theocracy
Form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil rule
The God or deity’s laws are interpreted by religious authorities

4. Aristocracy
Government led by the elite, or privileged upper class

5. Oligarchy
Form of government in which all power is vested in few persons or in a dominant class or clique

6. Monarchy Absolute King or queen has complete control of country/empire
England before the Magna Carta
Limited (Constitutional)
King or queen do not have complete control
Great Britain has this today

7. Dictatorship Government is led by an absolute ruler called a dictator
One person has the power

8. Totalitarianism
Government led by a group/party that has complete power
Today: Cuba and North Korea

9. Democracy
Form of government in which the supreme power is with the people
Most easily define as the “rule of many”
Two forms…

10. Direct Democracy All citizens participate first hand in governing
Not present today-established in ancient Athens

11. Representative Democracy
Citizens elect leaders to represent them in government
Sometimes called a “republic”
U.S. today