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Types of Government
Democracy Dictatorship
Started by the ancient Greeks, A dictatorship is ruled by one person, a
democracy allows citizens to participate dictator, who has supreme power over the
in the creation of their government. people in the country and is not stopped
Citizens are able to vote for delegates by any laws or constitutions.
from political parties, which are Dictatorship existed in Germany under
associations or groups of individuals the rule of Adolf Hitler. In modern history,
with similar ideas of how a nation or North Korea, under the rule of Kim
areas should be ruled and governed. Jong-un, is considered a dictatorship.
Candidates who get the most votes sit
on councils, like parliament, or Empire
congress. Popular democracy is the Imperialism is the policy of extending the
most widely recognized sort of power of a country outside its lands by
government in the world. force to get power and wealth. The land
controlled through imperialism is called
Monarchy (Kingdom) an empire. The ruler, or the leader of an
A monarchy is a government controlled empire, is called an emperor or empress.
by a ruler who acquires his/her position One of the most famous empires was the
from a royal family, with leadership Roman Empire. The Roman emperor took
passing from a parent to another family land from other regions to expand the
member. There are two types of empire.
monarchy: absolute monarchy, where
the ruler has no restrictions on his/her
powers, and constitutional monarchy,
where the ruler is guided by a
constitution.
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