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Forms of Government

Forms of Government. Head of State – the person or people in charge of a country’s government Forms of government Monarchy Constitutional monarchy Dictatorship Democracy. Monarchy. Head of state inherits his/her job

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Forms of Government

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  1. Forms of Government

  2. Head of State – the person or people in charge of a country’s government Forms of government • Monarchy • Constitutional monarchy • Dictatorship • Democracy

  3. Monarchy • Head of state inherits his/her job • Usually, a monarchy is run by a king or queen, who makes all the laws and major government decisions

  4. Monarcy • Bhumibol Adulyadej – King of Thailand

  5. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan– President of UAE and hereditary ruler of Abu Dhabi

  6. Constitutional Monarchy • For the most part, the monarchs in a C.M. do not have any real power. The power is held by another part of the government • For example, in Great Britain government decisions are made by Parliament

  7. Constitutional Monarcy • Queen Elizabeth of England

  8. Dictatorship • Head of State : dictator • People have little to no control over the gov’t and its decisions • Keep power through force and intimidation

  9. Dictatorship • North Korea’s Kim Jong Il

  10. Fidel Castro of Cuba

  11. Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany

  12. Democracy • People run the government (elect the H.O.S. and representatives) • People control government by voting • Barack Obama of the United States of America

  13. Types of democracies • Direct • In a direct democracy, citizens make policy and law decisions in person, without going through representatives • Representative • Citizens elect representatives to make gov’t decisions to benefit the whole nation

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