Types of Government

What are laws?

• rules everyone must follow

• opinions about how everyone should act

• a constitution

• a government building

Why do we have laws?

• to help us live together without fighting

• to give the government control over our lives

• to make us mad

• because our parents asked for them

Why do we have laws?

• To keep us safe and protect our property

• To spoil our fun

• To make us pay taxes

• To make use of jails

Autocracy

• a type of government where people vote for their leaders

• a type of government where a King and Queen are in charge

• a type of government where 1 person is in charge

• a type of government where a small group of people are in charge

What are the two types of Autocracy?

• Monarchy and Democracy

• Monarchy and Dictatorship

• Dictatorship and Democracy

a king or queen is in charge

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

an all powerful ruler is in charge; a dictator

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

The laws are made by people voting

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

Two types of democracy

• direct and representative

• monarchy and dictatorship

• direct and monarchy

Democracy where citizens elect others to serve in government and vote on their behalf

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• dictatorship

• monarchy