Monarchy
What is the biggest weakness of a monarchy?
Corruption.
What is an oligarchy?
A government ruled by a small group of powerful people.
What are theocracies ruled by?
Religion.
What democratic clause allows citizens to express opinions about the government without fear?
Freedom of Speech.
German dicatrator responsible for the holocaust.
When was the first monarchy?
Around 300 BCE.
What is the common trait among oligarchy leaders?
Social or economic power.
In this ancient civilization, pharaohs were considered gods.
Ancient Egypt.
What is the leader of a democracy called. (There are 2, name them both.)
President / Prime Minister
T or F: North Korea is a dictatorship.
True.
Who was “King” before America became a democracy?
King George III.
How much power do citizens usally have under an oligarchy?
Little to none.
This is the smallest country in the world and ruled by the Pope.
Vatican City.
What's a democracy?
A type of government that is run by the people, either directly or through elected representatives.
What language does the word "dictatorship" ordinate form?
Latin.
T or F: King Henry VIII and Marie Antoinette were famously beheaded during the French Revolution?
False! It was King Louis XVI not King Henry VIII.
What ancient philosophers criticized oligarchies?
Plato and Aristotle.
Ali Khamenei is the leader of which middle-eastern theocracy?
Iran.
What type of democracy is America?
What century marked the peak of dictatorship as a form of government?
The 20th century.
How many years was the longest reigning european king, and who?
72 years, King Louis XIV of France
This ancient Greek city-state is an infamous example of an oligarchy.
This is Sparta!
This ancient Jewish historian first used the word “theocracy”
Flavius Josephus.
What ancient city-state was the birthplace of democracy and when?
Athens, 500 BCE
Who was the first leader to rule a dictator?
Titus Larcius.