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IB Global Politics Different Forms of Government Handout

This document discusses different forms of government and their key characteristics. It outlines four main political systems: democracy, where major decisions are made by majority vote; monarchy, where a single monarch makes final decisions with advisors; theocracy, where rule is based on religious laws and priests must reach consensus; and oligarchy, where different members each rule different areas of society and consensus is needed. It also mentions dictatorship, similar to monarchy but allows for the potential overthrow of a ruler deemed unfit by advisors.

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IB Global Politics Different Forms of Government Handout

This document discusses different forms of government and their key characteristics. It outlines four main political systems: democracy, where major decisions are made by majority vote; monarchy, where a single monarch makes final decisions with advisors; theocracy, where rule is based on religious laws and priests must reach consensus; and oligarchy, where different members each rule different areas of society and consensus is needed. It also mentions dictatorship, similar to monarchy but allows for the potential overthrow of a ruler deemed unfit by advisors.

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DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

Duties of government Tools of Government

To protect from famine Irrigation systems like canals

To protect people from each other Laws, social classes, religion

To protect from invasion Military, fortifications like walls

Political Systems (Forms of government)

● Democracy – everyone in your group must vote on a solution, and you each
represent a different group of society who has elected you – the farmers,
the workers, the builders, the soldiers, and the upper classes. In order for a
solution to be chosen, you all need to vote and 3 of you must agree on it (a
majority). However, if your solution makes a group of people in society angry,
they might not vote for you again, so whatever solution you come up with
must make the voters who elected you happy.

● Monarchy– one person in your group is the king or queen, and the rest of you
are his/her advisors. The advisors can give advice to the monarch, but
he/she has the final say.

● Theocracy – You are ruled by religious laws and ideas. All members of your
group are high priests. Whatever you do must obey the laws of the Gods.
People in this society greatly respect the priests, but every priest must
agree on a solution for it to pass (it would look bad to the Gods if the priests
could not agree – plus, what if one priest disagreed and somehow convinced
the Gods that he was right and the rest of you were wrong? You would not
want the Gods to be against you…)

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● Oligarchy – each member of your group rules a different area of society:
the army, the builders, the farms, the upper classes, and the workers – in
order for a solution to occur, you all need to play a role in its solution. So any
solution you come up with must utilize each group in society – if it does not,
one person in your group might be so upset that they start a civil war for
complete power over the government – instead of sharing power with the
rest of the group.

● Dictatorship – one person in your group is the ruler, and the rest of you are
his/her advisors. The only difference between a dictatorship and a monarchy
is that if the advisors really think the dictator is making bad decisions, you
can have a coup d'etat (this is where you overthrow the leader and one of
you becomes the new leader).

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