Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Aim: What are different forms of government?

Notes-
Democracy- people have the right to vote for the leader
Monarchy – king or queen is the ruler
Dictatorship-Absolute ruler
Oligarchy –Government in which a few people rule
Communist – classless equal society where the people own the means of production
Socialism- state or collective ownership of industry and the government takes care of the people welfare and social security.
Totalitarian/Absolute- total rule and control over people and media