Monarchies and Democracy

Would you rather live in a government with rules/law or one without rules/laws?

What is the primary reason for establishing rules and laws in a community?

• To allow everyone to do as they please.

• To create chaos and disorder.

• To assure security, protection, and liberty.

• To elect a single, all-powerful leader.

When you think of a country that has a king/queen, what's the first country you think of?

Identify the characteristics of these two types of monarchies

Groups:

(a) Constitutional Monarchy

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(b) Absolute Monarchy

• Parliament has most of the power in the country

• King/Queen has very little power

• The government is elected by the people

• King/Queen has unlimited power within the country

• The monarch's decisions are final and cannot be challenged

• Citizens have limited or no political rights

• The monarch's role is mostly ceremonial

Who else is an elected leader in our country besides the president and senators?

Select all of the following items that we have in the United States as a representative democracy

• A leader who takes power using military force

• Freedom to choose our leaders

• A royal family who inherits power

• A constitution protecting our rights as citizens

• A government ruled by sacred text or a holy book

What type of government does the United States have?

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

• Democratic Republic

What is something that a government could do to make our world a better place to live? (This is an opinion question)

Let's check that we know these governments

Groups:

(a) Absolute monarchy

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(b) Constitutional monarchy

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(c) Representative democracy

• England (U.K.)

• A king/queen is given complete power over a country

• King/queen has basically no power within a country. An elected government has all the power

• The people choose their leaders to make decisions for them

• Saudi Arabia

• The United States