Limited & Unlimited Government Review

Why would people want someone else to make decisions for them, when they can make decisions themselves?

• Making decisions is easier.

• Many people cannot read.

• Life expectancy is low.

• Representatives are rich.

•The Constitution is a document that give people many freedoms

•The Parliament (elected by the people) help to make laws 

The characteristics above are part of a constitutional monarchy.  Which characteristic fits a constitutional monarchy?

• Have very difficult lives.

• Have no rights.

• Live in very unfair governments

• Citizens have the right to vote for their leaders

In a direct democracy who has most of the power?

• The President

• Elected Officials

• Citizens who vote

• The rich

In my country a man comes to my house, telling my parents how he can make the government better. All he asks of my parents is to vote for him to represent them in the government, what government is this?

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship

I live in a country who elects the people to control the government, we do have a king that is the head of the state and looks nice in his car that he rides around the city.  What kind of government do we have?

• Republic

• Communist Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

I love to vote in my country, we all vote at least four times a month for laws in the street. We as a town or city gather in the main square of the park and "all" the people vote to decide the laws they want to live by.

• Communist Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

Having ONE person make decisions for an entire group of people might be a problem because _______________.

• People might have many freedoms.

• The leader might become too powerful and the people would suffer.

• The best decisions will be made for everyone.

• Having one person make the decisions is the best way to run the government.

People in UNLIMITED GOVERNMENTS have little or no personal freedoms. This means people probably cannot ___________.

• Give all their money to the government.

• Vote or speak against the government.

• Obey all of the laws of the government.

• Do what the government tells them.

Command (communist) people have their needs met by  ____________.

• Customs and Traditions

• The wants of the people.

• The government

• Stores

What kind of government does the United States have?

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Constitutional Monarchy