Forms and Systems of government

Forms and Systems of government

Autocracy

type of government where one person is in charge. An example would be a dictator or king.

representative democracy

people choose other people to make laws that the voters would agree with.

direct democracy

people vote for all the laws themselves.

theocracy

all the laws are made from a religious book.

dictatorship

when one person is in charge. This is usually done by force.

monarchy

a royal family is in charge of the country.

democracy

people in charge of the government by voting

capitalism

a type of economy where people have a lot of freedom and little help from the government. Taxes are also low.

socialism

a type of economy where the government has a lot of the control and provides people with many services. The government charges a lot of taxes for this.

communism

a type of economy where the government has all the control of the economy. The government owns everything.

Parliamentary

a system of government where power lies with the legislative body and the leader of the country is part of the legislature

Presidential

a system of government where the leader of the country is directly chosen by the voters.

republic

another way of saying representative democracy

oligarchy

a form of government where a group is in charge

constitutional monarchy

a form of government where the king has to share his power.

absolute monarchy

a form of government where the king has all the power

Unitary

a system of government where all or most of the power is in the central government.

Federal

a system of government where power is shared between the central government and the regional government (states)

Confederal / Confederation

a system of government where the central government has little control and the power rest in each independent state.

totalitarian govenment

a government that controls most aspects of people's lives