Power and Authority

______ is the ability to exercise ones will over others, even if they resist.

• Authority

• Power

• Force

Which is an example of power?

• Going to war.

• Coordinating a business meeting.

• Cleaning your room.

• Taking an exam.

______ is the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose ones will on others.

• Authority

• Power

• Force

______ is power that is recognized as legitimate by the people over whom it is exercised.

• Authority

• Power

• Force

What is a democracy?

• Where the people play a part in the rule of the country by electing the leaders and government 
• When there is one ruler with complete power
• When the army rules
• When there is no ruler

What power does a citizen have over government 

• guns
• the power to vote
• no power
• magic powers

How old do you have to be to vote?

• 1 day
• 16
• 18
• 21

Leader rules by force

• Dictatorship
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Communism

You have the right to vote!

• Dictatorship
• Communism
• Monarchy
• Democracy

Controlling and governs everything.

• Communism
• Dictatorship
• Monarchy
• Democracy