You are stranded on an Island!!!! Name and Flag for your island Who will perform the following duties: ▫Hunting and gathering food ▫Cooking food ▫Making.

You are stranded on an Island!!!!• Name and Flag for your island• Who will perform the following duties:

▫Hunting and gathering food▫Cooking food▫Making shelter▫Exploring rest of the island▫Fishing for food▫Caring for the ill

• How will you determine if someone is guilty of breaking rules

• What is the punishment for breaking rules (if any)• Any other rules for the community• How will you make additional rules in the future

and who will make them.

Governments

Forms of governments found

throughout the world

•Democracy▫Government in which the citizens have ruling power

▫Examples: Ancient Greece, USA (at local level)

Republic

•System of government in which citizens have the right to vote for leaders to REPRESENT them.

•Examples: U.S. Federal Government, Australia, Germany, France, etc.

Constitutional Monarchy

•Government with legislative branches and ceremonial figureheads.

•Examples: United Kingdom, Japan, Jordan, Spain, Denmark

Absolute Monarchy

•Ruler who has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people; position is INHERITED

•Examples: Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates,

Oligarchy•Government in which a small group exercises equal control—from the Greek “few” and “rule.”

•Examples: Apartheid South Africa, post USSR Russia

Theocracy

•Form of government in which priests or religious leaders serve as kings—Religion rules

•Examples: Iran, Andorra—some argue England and Israel as well.

•Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Dictatorship

•Government has a ruler with absolute power; that position many times was gained by force.

•Examples: King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia), Hitler, Mussolini, Omar Al-Bashir (Sudan)

Totalitarianism

•Political system in which the government has a single part dictatorship and controls every aspect citizen’s lives

•Example: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Kim Jong II

Communism

•Government in which there is Common ownership of property—aims for classless and stateless society

•Examples: USSR, China, Cuba, North Korea

Anarchy•Absence of all governmental authority

•Examples: Ethiopia, Lord of the Flies