![WHAT ARE SOME TYPES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD TODAY?](https://img.oercommons.org/160x134/oercommons/media/courseware/lesson/image/capitol_QSnw7Qq.jpg)
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There are over 260 countries and territories across the world, each with its own type of government. A government is a group of people who officially and legally control a country or territory and make all the decisions about its taxes, laws, public services, and more. The word ‘govern’ comes from the Greek word kybernan which means “to control the direction of something.” From communist China with the largest population in the world to Vatican City with the smallest, each nation is uniquely directed or ruled by one person, a few people, or many.
- Subject:
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- U.S. History
- Material Type:
- Homework/Assignment
- Lesson
- Author:
- Benjamin Troutman
- Washington OSPI OER Project
- Barbara Soots
- Date Added:
- 12/01/2022