The Founding

What are the three types of government?

What is an autocracy?

• rule by the people

• ruled by a king or queen

• rule by one person

• rule by a group of people

What is an oligarchy?

• rule by the people

• rule by a group of people

• rule by one person

• rule by all

What is a democracy?

• rule by one person

• rule by a group of people

• rule by you

• rule by the people

What are the responsibilities of government?

Check all that are types of autocracies?

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• democracy

Check all that are characteristics of democracy

• majority rules

• people elect officials to make decisions for them

• one person controls everything

• individual liberty

• free elections

What is the Declaration of Independence?

The Declaration of Independence was signed on

Why is it important to understand the Declaration of Independence and how it impacts government today?