Elements of Civilization
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- Types Of Government
- Oligarchy: when a system of government is run by a small group or a few people
- Autocracy: when the power to rule belongs to one person
- All the power belongs to me!
- Democracy: when the people, or citizens in a country, have a say in how it runs or how it is governed
- Monarchy: when the power to rule belongs to a king or queen
- We have inherited all the power! We are an example of an absolute monarch.
- More commonly, you see constitution monarchs, where they have more ceremonial power than the power to rule.
- Theocracy: government ruled on the basis of religion or a set of spiritual beliefs
- My God says that I should rule, and that we should follow these sets of rules...
- Together, as a group, we make decisions on how to govern.
- Power to the people!
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