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1. What is the difference between a 1. What is the difference between a regular monarchy and a constitutional regular monarchy and a constitutional monarchy.monarchy.

2. What type of democracy does the 2. What type of democracy does the United States have?United States have?

Political Political NotesNotes

Political NotesPolitical Notes

The The PoliticalPolitical category involves all parts of category involves all parts of culture that have to do with culture that have to do with governmentgovernment, , lawslaws, , rulesrules, and nationalnational structuresstructures.

It answers the question It answers the question “Who’s in charge?” “Who’s in charge?”

There are severalThere are several main main PoliticalPolitical SystemsSystems that we that we will learn about this year. We will discuss each will learn about this year. We will discuss each of these in more detail as we learn about of these in more detail as we learn about different regions of the world.different regions of the world.

DemocracyDemocracy

In this type of In this type of government leaders government leaders are usually are usually electedelected by by the the peoplepeople..

Citizens who are Citizens who are eligible to eligible to votevote have a have a say say in how the in how the government works.government works.

Common Types of Common Types of DemocracyDemocracy Parliamentary DemocracyParliamentary Democracy

A A democraticdemocratic government that has government that has an an electedelected Parliament Parliament

ParliamentParliament: an elected group of : an elected group of people that makes people that makes lawslaws; often, ; often, power is power is sharedshared among several among several political partiespolitical parties

Federal RepublicFederal Republic A A democraticdemocratic government which government which

allows shared power among allows shared power among nationalnational and and locallocal authorities authorities

A country A country cancan be be bothboth of these at the same time. of these at the same time.

MonarchyMonarchy This is the This is the oldestoldest

form of government.form of government. The leader is The leader is

determined through determined through family linesfamily lines..

The leader is in this The leader is in this position for position for lifelife..

Often, a monarchy Often, a monarchy will include a will include a dynastydynasty: a powerful : a powerful group or group or familyfamily that that maintains its power maintains its power and position over and position over many many generationsgenerations

King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan

Combination Governments: Combination Governments: Democracy Democracy ++ Monarchy Monarchy

Constitutional MonarchyConstitutional Monarchy A government that A government that

includes:includes: a a monarchmonarch as head of as head of

state-state--one who represents -one who represents the people as a traditional the people as a traditional symbolsymbol of the country of the country

ANDAND elected officials elected officials as head of as head of

government-government--those who -those who make make lawslaws and official and official decisions for the countrydecisions for the country

The United Kingdom is a Parliamentary Democracy and a Constitutional Monarchy

Dictatorships/AutocraciesDictatorships/Autocracies

In these types of In these types of government, a government, a singlesingle leader has leader has absolute absolute controlcontrol and and unrestricted unrestricted powerpower..

These types of These types of governments are the governments are the oppositeopposite of a of a democracy.democracy.

This leader may use This leader may use forceforce to control the to control the population.population.

Saddam Hussein

Mao Zedong

Fidel Castro

Adolf Hitler

Dictatorships/AutocraciesDictatorships/Autocracies

The power rests in the control The power rests in the control of of one personone person, who may often , who may often profess (pretend) to operate profess (pretend) to operate under some kind of under some kind of structured structured governmentgovernment..

A true A true dictatordictator often has often has seizedseized control by control by unconstitutionalunconstitutional means.means.

Often, dictatorships take away Often, dictatorships take away human rights human rights (rights that all (rights that all people people deservedeserve, such as rights , such as rights of of equalityequality))

Common Type of Common Type of Dictatorship/AutocracyDictatorship/Autocracy

CommunismCommunism a political system in which a political system in which

the the governmentgovernment owns all owns all property and property and dominatesdominates all all aspects of aspects of lifelife in a country in a country

This type of government This type of government has has historicallyhistorically involved involved the the violentviolent overthrowoverthrow of of capitalismcapitalism (when (when businesses are owned by businesses are owned by individualsindividuals instead of the instead of the government)government)

North Korea is a Communist nation

The former Soviet Union was a Communist nation

Cuba is a Communist nation

OligarchyOligarchy In this type of government, the people are In this type of government, the people are

ruled by a ruled by a powerful fewpowerful few.. Leaders are usually members of Leaders are usually members of wealthy wealthy

familiesfamilies or the or the militarymilitary..

Myanmar propaganda poster

TheocracyTheocracy

When a When a nationnation recognizes a recognizes a godgod or a or a deity as their deity as their rulerruler and the king or and the king or leader as that god’s leader as that god’s representativerepresentative

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president of Iran

Ali Khamenei, Superme Leader of Iran