Types of Limited

Governments
This is the
title for your
journals.

Constitutional Monarchy
A Constitutional

Monarchy has a parliament that is

like our legislative branch.
The king or queen have to follow the same laws
as the citizens.
They have a constitution.
Example: England

DEMOCRACY
Democracy

comes

from Greek
language and means
rule by the people.

DEMOCRACY
Democracy

is a
government in which
citizens are involved
in making decisions.

DEMOCRACY
A

family of 4 wants to go out to dinner

and everyone has their own idea about
where to go. Susie wants Chinese,
Jerome wants hamburgers, and Mom
wants seafood. And Dad? Well, he
likes it all. The family talks it over,
with each person giving an opinion.
And then they vote on where to go.

DEMOCRACY

Each person gets one vote. On this day, Susie votes

for Chinese, Mom votes for seafood, and Jerome votes
for burgers. Looks like dad is going to have the
deciding vote. He remembers how much he liked the
chicken chow mein at the Chinese restaurant last time
they were there. So he chooses Chinese. Looks like
the family is going to have Chinese tonight because
the Chinese food had the most votes. Thats how
democracy plays a part in everyday life-by people
making decisions as a group, with each person getting
a vote.

DEMOCRACIES
There

are different types

of democracies:
Direct
Representative

DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Direct

democracy
began in the
city of
Athens, in
ancient
Greece.

DIRECT DEMOCRACY
In

a direct
democracy all
citizens vote on
each issue (law).

Direct democracy
No to school
uniforms

Yes to
school
uniforms

DIRECT DEMOCRACY
The

process of direct
democracy may
appear disorderly
because everyone
participates.

DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Why

would the process

of direct democracy be
disorderly?
Hint: What do you remember about your
class making decision about the name
of the island?

REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRACY
Another

word for
representative
democracy is a
republic.

REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRACY
Republic
began in
ancient
Rome, in
Italy.

REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRACY

In a republic, citizens
vote (elect) leaders
to represent them in
government.

Representative
Democracy/Republic

REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRACY
Then

those elected
leaders make laws
and decisions.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
Yes to
school
uniforms

Yes to
school
uniforms

DEMOCRACY
Each

form of democracy
has one common
characteristic-they are
limited governments and
the citizens are in
control.

USA
Is

USA a direct or a
representative
democracy?
What could be the
reasons for why we are
this type of democracy?

USA
Can

you imagine what

would happen if every
citizen in the US had to
vote on every law?