Warm-up
• Copy HW
• Take out pages 8,9 last nights HW
• I will come around to check it
• You can meet with your group to discuss final
preparations for your game piece
Essential Question!!!
• How has the relationship
between citizens and
their government
changed?
Monarchy
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2000 BCE - 800 BCE
Power in the hands of a king
Ruled by…inheritance
Lost power by…the fact that the aristocrats
realized that together they were more
powerful than the king
Oligarchy
• 800 BCE-650 BCE
• Power in the hands of a few wealthy/powerful
• Ruled by… passing laws for the rich and hiring
armies to force others to obey
• Lost power by…poor (soldiers) overthrew the
government
Tyranny
• 650 BCE-500 BCE
• Power in the hands of one person, not a
lawful king
• Ruled by force, but often popular
• Lost power when they stopped helping the
people and ruled to harshly
Democracy
• 500 BCE-400 BCE
• Power by the people
• Direct (all vote) and Representative (elect
people to vote for you)
• Ruled with an assembly (lawmakers)
• Problems: Powerful speakers easily persuade
the people & decision often reversed
Greek Government Video-10 minutes
• Take 3 minutes to preview your video
questions.
• Please complete the handout you are given to
follow along and analyze the video on ancient
Greek Government.
Battle (7 minutes)
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Monarchy or oligarchy
Nobles/aristocrats
Help in time of crises
More
Clisthenes
Democracy
The assembly
Democracy would fail
Unity
Children, slaves, women, foreigners
Government Report Card
• A=Excellent
B=Good
Making Efficient
Decisions
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Direct Democracy
Representative
Democracy
C=Average
D=Poor
Giving Equality to
all People
F=Fail
Meeting the Needs
of the People
Closure!
• Define the four types of government…
• Monarchy• power in the hands of one ruler (king or Queen)
• Oligarchy• power in the hands of a few (rich/smart)
• Tyranny• absolute ruling power held by one person , not a lawful king
• Democracy• ruled by the people (directly or through elected officials)