Types of Government
What are the two types of democracy?
Direct Democracy and Representative Democracy
True or False: In a Constitutional Monarchy, the monarch has total control.
False
In a democracy, who has the power?
The people/citizens
True or False: In a dictatorship citizens live in fear.
True
Friends vote on what pictures to put on a banner.
Democracy
What are the two types of monarchy?
Absolute Monarchy and Constitutional Monarchy
In which type of monarchy does the king or queen have all the power?
Absolute Monarchy
Name one responsibility of a citizen in a democracy.
Voting, following laws
How does a dictator usually come to power?
By force or taking control
On the playground someone controls where everyone sits and no one can talk.
Dictatorship
What type of democracy does the United States have?
Representative Democracy
How does a monarch usually come into power?
Through family / royal bloodline (Inherited)
True or False: Citizens have no say in a democracy.
False
In a dictatorship, do citizens get to vote for their leaders?
No
A king gets power because his father was king.
Monarchy
What type of Government is Great Britain?
Constitutional Monarchy
Name one country that has a constitutional monarchy.
United Kingdom, Japan, Spain
What is the relationship between citizens and leaders in a democracy?
Citizens vote for leaders
What is the relationship between citizens and leaders in a dictatorship?
Leader has total control / citizens have little power
Citizens vote for leaders who make laws for them.
Representative Democracy
What are the two types of dictatorship?
oligarchy and autocracy
In a constitutional monarchy, who makes most of the laws?
parliament
Why is voting important in a democracy?
It allows citizens to choose leaders and make decisions
Name one way dictators keep power.
Controlling media, military force, punishing people who disagree
Citizens vote directly on every law.
Direct Democracy