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World Governments
Directions: Read Chapter 4, Section 3 pgs. 91-92 in the green Holt text (your book/online book) and pg.
93-94 in the blue Prentice Hall text (in class old text) to complete the tasks below.
Define:
1. Democracy:
2a. Authoritarian Governments:
2b. Dictatorship:
2c. Monarchy:
2d. Communism:
3. Draw a symbol or picture in the boxes below to represent the amount of freedom people living in
democratic countries have vs. the amount of freedom people living in authoritarian countries have.
Democracy:
4. Create a simile for each type of government:
 A democracy is like…

An authoritarian government is like…
Authoritarian:
Authoritarianism vs. Democracy Chart
Directions: Use pages 91-92 in the green Holt text and the blue Prentice Hall Text pg. 94 to fill in the chart below.
Characteristic of Government
Authoritarian
Governments (Other Types of
Democratic
Governments
Government - monarchies, dictatorships,
communist states, totalitarianism, etc.)
Amount of Government
Power:
Government is not limited.
(How much power does the
government have vs. the
people?)
The government has total or
almost complete power over
all.
Control of Power:
(Who holds or has the power?)
Civil Liberties and Rights:
(What types of freedoms/rights
and how much do the people
have?)
Elections:
(Who gets to vote, are elections
held?)
Rule of Law:
(Who makes laws? Who must
follow laws/rules? How fair or
strict are those laws?)
Maintaining Order:
(How does the government
enforce laws and keep peace and
order in society?)
Many rights and personal
freedoms that are
guaranteed by law.