Government Systems Review

What is government? How are government systems classified?

Who has the power? How is power shared?

What is government?

Government is the organization set up to make laws, settle

disagreements, and to provide protection for its citizens

Branches of

Government

Legislative Branch: Part of the government responsible

for making laws

Executive Branch: Carries out and enforces the laws made by the legislative branch.

Judicial Branch:Interprets the laws made by the

legislative branch

Who’s in charge?

Who has the power?

Autocratic: One person has all the power

Example: North Korea

Oligarchic: Few or a small group has all the

power.

Example: China

Democratic: All citizens have the power.

Examples: India and South Korea

How is the power shared?

Unitary: The central government has all

the power

Example: China or Saudi Arabia

Federal: Power is shared between the

central and local governments

Example: India and the United States

Confederacy: Power is shared equally amongst

all voluntary members

Example: the European Union and OPEC

Types of Government

Monarchy:

Rule by a king or queen or other hereditary ruler

Examples: Saudi Arabia and England

Republic:

A country with an elected leader. Citizens have the power.

Example: India and Israel

Democracy:

Rule by the people

Examples: Israel and Turkey

Dictatorship:

Rule by one person

Example: North Korea

Types of Monarchies:

Absolute Monarchy: Ruler has total power. Example: Saudi

Arabia

Constitutional Monarchy: Laws limit powers of the ruler.

Example: Japan

Types of Democracy:

Presidential Democracy: Citizens directly elect the head of the executive

branch. Example--- South Korea

Parliamentary Democracy: Citizens vote for political parties; winning party selects head of the executive branch.

Example--- Israel

Review Question #1:

How many people have power in an autocratic government?

ONE

Review Question #2

In what type of government system is power shared between the central government and local

governments?

Federal or Federation

Review Question #3

Power is controlled by the central government in a(n) ___________

system of government.

UNITARY

Review Question #4

What type of government is found in North Korea?

Autocratic or Dictatorship or Communist or Communist

Dictatorship

Review Question #5

In a republic, who chooses the representatives that control the

powers of the government?

The People or Citizens