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Page 1: Political Systems How Countries Organize their Governments

Political Systems

How Countries Organize their Governments

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Why do we have government?

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What is Government?And

Why Do We Have It?

• A body that has the power to make and enforce laws in a given territory.

• So we don’t have anarchy.

• There are 3 main branches of government:– 1. The legislative—makes the laws.– 2. The executive—enforces the laws (king or

president, etc.)– 3. The Judicial—judges laws (judges and courts).

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Monarchy

• Rule by a King or Queen

• The ruler leads until they die and then a relative—usually a son or daughter—is the new monarch.

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Oligarchy

• Rule by a small amount of people—Usually the very rich.

• Ex—must own a certain amount of land or possess a certain amount of wealth to vote or be elected to office.

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Theocracy

• When a religion controls the government and makes everybody follow religious practices whether they want to or not.

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Dictatorship

• When somebody takes control of a country by force and rules until they die or are removed by force from a ….

• Coup—The sudden overthrow of a leader or government. (Without a war taking place).

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Democracy

• There are 2 types:

• 1. Direct Democracy—Everybody can vote on everything. Example—The city-state of Athens.

• 2. Representative Democracy—People vote for politicians. The politicians then decide on what to do.

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Republic

• Government without a king or queen.

• The leader is chosen by the people.

• Usually a representative democracy.

• The U.S. is a Republic.

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Revolution

• In politics = war to overthrow a government.

• There are 2 types:

• A. = within a country (social)

• B. = Colony gaining independence (political).


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