Types of Government

Types of Government

What are the different ways government is organized?

What is government?

• A system made up of group of people

• Make rules (laws) to keep the community safe and functioning

• Provides a system to decide who makes decisions

What would happen without a government?

Anyone could do whatever they wanted. There wouldn't be any laws that people should follow or anyone to enforce the laws we have.

Question time!

Open Ended

If we didn't have a government, here in the United States, what do you think life would be like? How would people act? What would a day look like if we had no government?

There are many types of government. The differences between them have to do with...

• Who has power

• What powers are given to whom

Question time!

Open Ended

When we talk about power in government, what do we mean? What is power?

There are many different types of government with different rules and ways to separate power

Democracy

• The focus of democracy is the power is with the people.

• People vote for Representatives that will speak for their town/state

• The United States is an example of a democracy as well as many others

Monarchy

• Control of government is in the hands of a Monarch (King, Queen)

• Usually they are in charge for life and their children become the new Monarch

• An example of a Monarchy is England (UK), Australia, Japan, Canada

Socialism

• In Socialism, government controls the means of production.

• This means, government is in control of businesses and property

• An example of Socialism is Venezuela, Armenia, Bolivia

Dictatorship

• One ruler who has absolute power (there are no rules that person must follow)

• They can make any decision they would like

• An example of this type of Government has been the Nazi Party in Germany which fell after WW2 ended in 1945

Question time!

Multiple Choice

What is the point of government?

• To make people wear funny hats

• To provide pets for every citizen that wants one

• To make and enforce rules to keep people safe

• To make people believe what you believe

Multiple Choice

What type of government has a king or queen in charge of it?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

What type of government has a leader who has absolute power?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

Which government gives the power to its people to choose representatives to make decisions?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

Which government has control of business and property?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

• Dictatorship

Multiple Choice

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

• Dictatorship

Open Ended

What did you learn in this lesson? You must write a sentence that has details to explain what you learned