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    The document outlines 5 main forms of government: dictatorship, oligarchy, monarchy, republic, and democracy. It describes who holds sovereignty or power in each system and provides some examples, including that a dictatorship gives a dictator complete authority like in North Korea, an oligarchy gives a small group complete control as in the former Soviet Union, and a republic has citizens elect leaders like in the United States.

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    The document outlines 5 main forms of government: dictatorship, oligarchy, monarchy, republic, and democracy. It describes who holds sovereignty or power in each system and provides some examples, including that a dictatorship gives a dictator complete authority like in North Korea, an oligarchy gives a small group complete control as in the former Soviet Union, and a republic has citizens elect leaders like in the United States.

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    The document outlines 5 main forms of government: dictatorship, oligarchy, monarchy, republic, and democracy. It describes who holds sovereignty or power in each system and provides some examples, including that a dictatorship gives a dictator complete authority like in North Korea, an oligarchy gives a small group complete control as in the former Soviet Union, and a republic has citizens elect leaders like in the United States.

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    Forms of Government 

      Who is  How much  Examples   


    Sovereign?  authority? 

    dictatorship         

    oligarchy         

    monarchy         

    republic         

    democracy         

     
       
    Forms of Government 
     

      Who is  How much  Examples 


    Sovereign?  authority? 

    dictatorship  dictator Complete authority Currently North Korea

    oligarchy  Small group Complete authority The former Soviet


    Union, the Executive
    Committee of the
    Communist Party

    Modern China

    monarchy  King or Queen Absolute monarchy The UK is a


    holds absolute power constitutional
    monarchy.
    Constitutional
    monarchy has a
    monarch, but the law
    or constitution has
    authority.

    republic  Citizens who Elect their leaders Most common


    are able to They have a The United States
    vote presidential Great Britain
    (President) or
    parliamentary
    government (Prime
    Minister)

    Democracy  All Voters It does have elected Cantons of Switzerland


    officials, but they do are close, but none are
    not serve very long. strictly a democracy.

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