Governments

What is government?

• a group of people in charge of a city, state, or country

• the people who follow laws

• a city that governs itself

• the way of thinking about the world

What types of government were common in ancient Greece?

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• all of the above

What is the difference between a monarchy and a tyranny?

• a monarchy has a king and a tyranny has a queen

• the number of people that rule

• how the leader takes power

• none of the above

Monarchies and tyrannies both only have one person in charge.

• True

• False

_________________ means "rule by the people," while ________________ means a small group of people rule.

• democracy; oligarchy

• oligarchy; democracy

• monarchy; tyranny

• democracy; monarchy

Athens' had a _______________ democracy, while the United States has a _______________ democracy.

• bad; good

• small; big

• representative; direct

• direct; representative

Which of the following made you a citizen in Athens?

• male

• own land

• born in Greece

• all of the above

How are direct and representative democracies similar?

• they both only have a few people in charge

• the people, or citizens, are in charge in both of them

• they both only have one person in charge

• they both have kings or queens

How is a representative democracy different from a direct democracy?

• citizens vote for representatives in a representative democracy

• citizens vote on laws directly in a representative democracy

• only a few people are in charge in a representative democracy

• only one person is in charge in a representative democracy

What do you need in order to vote in the U.S.?

• 18

• a citizen

• not commit serious crimes

• all of the above