This document compares different forms of government by looking at who the ruler is, how they are chosen, and the rights afforded to citizens. It examines dictatorships, constitutional and absolute monarchies, parliamentary and presidential democracies, theocracies, and oligarchies. Examples are provided for each type of government.
ICT role in 21st century education and it's challenges.
Types of government
1. Who is the
Type of ruler? How is Many rights for
Examples
Government the ruler citizens?
chosen?
Dictatorship
Constitutional
Monarchy
Absolute
Monarchy
Parliamentary
Democracy
Presidential
Democracy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
4. Dictatorship
Examples
Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin Benito Mussolini
Mao Zedong Fidel Castro
Slobodan Milosevic Ho Chi Minh
Saddam Hussein Muammar Qaddafi
Juan Peron Fransisco Franco
5. Constitutional Monarchy
Who is the ruler? How is the ruler chosen?
King and/or Queen
Inherits the position by reason of birth.
7. Constitutional Monarchy
Examples
Queen Elizabeth II in the United Kingdom.
Belgium, Cambodia, Jordan, The Netherlands,
Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Thailand.
8. Absolute Monarchy
Who is the ruler? How is the ruler chosen?
King and/or Queen.
Inherits the position by reason of birth.
Divine right ruler, their power was
unlimited.
10. Absolute Monarchy
Examples
King Louis XIV of France.
Japanese Monarch.
11. Parliamentary Democracy
Who is the ruler? How is the ruler chosen?
Executive and legislative authority rests
with the elected representatives.
Elected by members of parliament from
among its members.