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Autocracy Oligarchy Democracy Types of Government
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Forms of Government SS6CG4 The student will compare and
contrast various forms of government. b. Explain how governments
determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and
democratic.
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Essential Questions How do citizens participate in different
forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? How is
power distributed in different forms of government (unitary,
confederation, and federal)? What are the important democratic
features of parliamentary and presidential forms of
government?
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Participation is the Key
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Dictatorship Dictatorship - A dictatorship consists of rule by
one person. Very few dictators actually admit they are dictators;
they almost always claim to be leaders of democracies. The dictator
may be one person, such as Castro in Cuba or Hitler in
Germany.
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Monarchy Monarchy - A monarchy consists of rule by a king or
queen. Sometimes a king is called an "emperor," like in Ancient
China. Today, there are no large true monarchies. The United
Kingdom is no longer a pure monarchy even though it has a Queen
because she has no political power.
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Democracy Democracy - The word "democracy" literally means
"rule by the people." In a democracy, the people make the
rules.
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Republic Republic - In a republic, the people elect
representatives to make and enforce laws.
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Autocracy Government in which one person has uncontrolled or
unlimited authority over others
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation Forms of
Autocratic Govts. Absolute or Totalitarian Dictatorship Ideas of a
single leader glorified. Government tries to control all aspects of
social and economic life. Government is not responsible to the
people. People lack the power to limit their rulers. Examples-
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation Forms of
Autocratic Govts. Absolute Monarchy King, queen, or emperor
exercises the supreme powers of government/unlimited power.
Position is usually inherited. People lack the power to limit their
rulers. Absolute monarchs are rare today but from the 1400s to the
1700s they ruled most of Western Europe. Examples- King of Saudi
Arabia.
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation Forms of
Autocratic Govts. Absolute Monarchy King, queen, or emperor
exercises the supreme powers of government/unlimited power.
Position is usually inherited. People lack the power to limit their
rulers. Absolute monarchs are rare today but from the 1400s to the
1700s they ruled most of Western Europe. Examples- King of Saudi
Arabia.
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Aristocracy Aristocracy - Rule by the aristocrats. Aristocrats
are typically wealthy, educated people.
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Oligarchy Oligarchy - Rule by a small, select group of
people.
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Oligarchy How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
Teacher Notes: Explain the different ways citizen participation in
their government is defined. Government by the few. Sometimes a
small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and selfish
purposes. The citizen has a very limited role.
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation Oligarchy The
group gets its power from military power, social power, wealth,
religion or a combination. Political opposition is usually
suppressed- sometimes violently. Examples- Communist countries such
as China. Leaders in the party and armed forces control
government.
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation Autocracy &
Oligarchy Sometimes claim they rule for the people. In reality, the
people have very little say in both types of government. Examples-
May hold elections with only one candidate or control the results
in various ways. Examples- Even when these governments have a
legislature or national assembly, they often only approve decisions
made by the leaders.
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Warning Most countries have their form of government listed in
their official country name. For example, Brazils conventional long
form name is the Federative Republic of Brazil and its government
type is a Federal Republic. This is not always accurate as North
Koreas official name is the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
and its government type is a Communist state one-man
dictatorship.
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Democratic Republic **Interesting Note - Democratic Republic -
Usually, a "democratic republic" is not a democracy or a republic.
A government that officially calls itself a "democratic republic"
is usually a dictatorship. Examples: North Vietnam was "The
Democratic Republic of Vietnam or "The People's Republic of
China."
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Activity Choose a form of government. Please answer the
following questions about your government, and be prepared to share
with the class. 1. What is the name of your government? 2. Who is
in charge, and what is he/she called? 3. How did he/she come to
power? How long with they stay in power? 4. Draw the flag of your
government 5. All of these things should be presented neatly on the
poster board so the whole class can read it.
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Assessment Create a Voki character at http://www.voki.com/ to
be your president (can look like a person in your class, a famous
person, etc.)http://www.voki.com/ Give the person text to describe
the lifestyle this leader would give to his or her citizens.
Present your character and the poster to the class.