Listen to these words and repeat to practice your pronunciation.
governments
a monarchy
a regime
a dictatorship
a democracy
a reign
Listen and read along to these sentences.
Some countries are both monarchies and democracies. Japan, for example, is part monarchy and part democracy.
Japan has an emperor with limited power, and an elected prime minister and government. The United Kingdom has a similar system.
Many countries have an authoritarian regime, where there is one leader who has a lot of power, and is not elected by the people.
Unfortunately, there are governments and rulers around the world who are corrupt and abuse their power and money instead of taking care of their country's people.
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Exercise
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