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Defined: The Different Types of Government PPTDefined: The Different Types of Government PPT
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Defined: The Different Types of Government

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The world is a big place, so it only stands to reason that different forms of government exist. Democracy, autocracy, oligarch, monarch, and dictatorship are all defined. An extensive explanation of US government system is also included. You can learn a lot from a slide show!

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dictatorships, dictators, democracy, monarchies, oligarchies, types of government

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democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, types of government, autocracy, oligarchy, parliamentary democracy, content specific vocabulary, social studies

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