Government

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Learning Objectives

• I can name and describe the different types of government systems

• I can compare and contrast different government systems

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• Political Systems – a system of government; a form of rule over people.

- What are some different forms of government?

1. Democracy– Government by the people.

Two types:a. Direct Democracy-

– Everyone participates and has a say in gov’t.

– Ex. Ancient Greece

b. Republic– Gov’t system in which the people elect leaders to represent them. a.k.a. representative democracy. Example: USA

• Difference between (direct) democracy and republic. Students will draw

(Direct)

2. Autocracy – government in which one person has unlimited power over others.

- Two types: a. Totalitarian dictatorship

Pol Pot - Cambodia

Augusto Pinochet - Chile

Bashar al-Assad - Syria Saddam Hussein - Iraq

All are infamous and, generally, narcissistic.

All accused of crimes against humanity

Muammar Gaddafi - Libya

Idi Amin - Uganda

Rafael Trujillo – Dominican Republic

The state/country is in control of everything

Scholars-pleasedraw this

• Regime– authoritarian/dictatorship and/or corrupt government

b. Monarchy– Government rule by king or queen. Two types:

1. 1. Absolute Monarchy – all powerful

Ex. Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah

2. Constitutional or Limited Monarchy –little or no power

“I just came out to say, POWER TO THE PEOPLE.”

Constitutional Monarchy Ex. Canada, Jamaica, Belize & other Caribbean

Islands.

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British Commonwealth of Nations. Who is there monarch?

• Is Queen Elizabeth II, of the United Kingdom, an absolute monarch?

• NO!!! She is a constitutional or limited monarch.

3. Oligarchy – Government rule by a group of people.

Example: Communist State (country)– single-party (communist) rule which professes allegiance to Marxist-Leninist communist ideology; led by a dictator; indoctrination.

North Korea

Karl Marx Vladimir Lenin

Communism is thought of as both an economic system and a gov’t system.

- Current Communist States (countries) – Cuba, China, Laos, Vietnam & North Korea

Western Hemisphere

Eastern Hemisphere

• The United States will do everything in their power to stop the spread of

communism . . . especially in the Western Hemisphere.Ex. Coup d’etats against Ortega, Castro,

Allende, Chavez

This was the fear of the U.S.--especially after

Cuba was on our doorstep

• The U.S. anti-communist policy is known as The Domino Theory

4. Theocracy– gov’t rule by a religion. Ex.– Iran (Islam)

Ayatollah (Supreme Leader) in Iran

President

Based on Sharia Law

Hassan Rouhani

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ahmadinejad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJVO8GASmw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhAbiyX2wQ

“Women should have the same rights as men.” Farsi/Persian

5. Fascism– led by a dictator; emphasizes ancestry, culture and blood; emphasis of nation (nationalism) over the individual; indoctrination; forcibly suppresses any opposition.

Examples: Germany, Italy & Spain in the 1930’s & ’40s

Francisco Franco (Spain)Hitler and Mussolini (Italy)

As mentioned before, dictators are, generally, infamous and very narcissistic.

6. Plutocracy – the rule or control of a society by the wealthy.

7. Anarchy– no government

Nester Makhno (1918) – leader of the Anarchist Free Territory in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (French) – father of modern Anarchism

Mikhail Bakunin (Russian)

What would life be like without gov’t?Think about it.

You would have to deal with people like this.

• What is the role of government?

- To serve and protect (we hope)