A government sets up and enforces laws.
A constitution is a set of laws.
A nation or state is a region that shares a
religion.
Voting in an election is a way that your
voice can be heard in government.
The United States is an example of
Representative Democracy.
Read the passage and decide with type of government is being discussed:
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Tribal Rule
Direct Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Mark lives in a country where his mother and father vote for the President and other
government officials to represent them. Some day, when Mark is old enough, he is
looking forward to voting too.
Read the passage and decide with type of government is being discussed:
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Tribal Rule
Direct Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Jessie and Samuel work in the palace. They usually help when the Queen is having an
event. In their country, there is a family who has ruled for many generations. Today,
there is also a parliament so the family does not have total power.
Read the passage and decide with type of government is being discussed:
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Tribal Rule
Direct Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Mistin lives in a country where one day a man decided he wanted to rule the country
by himself. He makes all of the rules for the country and his army carries them out.
Read the passage and decide with type of government is being discussed:
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Tribal Rule
Direct Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Kim lives in a country where the chief of the tribe makes decisions based on her
culture’s customs and beliefs.
Read the passage and decide with type of government is being discussed:
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Tribal Rule
Direct Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Tou lives in a country where the communist party is in control. Only a small group of
people make decisions for his country.
Read the passage and decide with type of government is being discussed:
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Tribal Rule
Direct Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Mary lives in a small country where she votes on every decision made. Mary used to
make a trip to a voting booth very often to vote on government decisions.
Read the passage and decide with type of government is being discussed:
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Tribal Rule
Direct Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Charles lives in a country where he will one day rule. His father is the king. His
grandfather and great-grandfather were the kings prior to his father’s reign.
Government Graphic Organizers
Match the term & symbol for each type of government with the
graphic organizer on the following slides.
• Leader (color Yellow)
• People (color blue)
• Representative (color orange)
• King, Queen or Czar, Czarina (color purple)
Dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Representative Democracy
What type of government system is this showing:
Direct Democracy
Dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Representative Democracy
What type of government system is this showing:
Direct Democracy
Dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Representative Democracy
What type of government system is this showing:
Direct Democracy
Dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Representative Democracy
What type of government system is this showing:
Direct Democracy
Dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Representative Democracy
What type of government system is this showing:
Direct Democracy