Forms/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

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

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

A small group of leaders rules the country

• oligarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

North Korea is lead by one man, Kim Jong- un. He controls the the government and the military. What is North Korea's form of government? *

• direct democracy

• dictatorship

• monarchy

Margrethe II is the Queen of Denmark. She leads the government but he citizens also elect representatives to make laws. What two forms of government does Denmark have? *

• Monarchy and Dictatorship

• Representative Democracy and Monarchy

• Theocracy and Monarchy