SS7CG1, SS7CG3, and SS7CG4 Government Systems

Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

• Kings are always cruel rulers.
• The people play a role in deciding who rules.
• All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments.
• The voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders

A "president" got rid of elections, but rules with his military

• Unitary
• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

Government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. 

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

How are a democracy, oligarchy, and autocracy DIFFERENT?

• the sharing of power between the different levels of government

• the election of the three branches of government

• the role of the citizen

• the law making process

What kind of government has the MOST citizen participation? 

• Democratic
• Autocratic
• Oligarchic
• Dictatorship