Types of Limited Governments

This is the title for your journals.

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

Constitutional Monarchy

DEMOCRACYDemocracy comes from Greek language and means “rule by the people.”

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

DEMOCRACYA 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. That’s how democracy plays a part in everyday life-by people making decisions as a group, with each person getting a vote.

DEMOCRACIESThere are different types of democracies:

DirectRepresentative

DIRECT DEMOCRACYDirect

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

Yes to school

uniforms

No to school uniforms

DIRECT DEMOCRACY

The process of direct democracy may appear disorderly because everyone participates.

DIRECT DEMOCRACYWhy 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 DEMOCRACYYes to school uniforms

Yes to school uniforms

DEMOCRACYEach 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?

USACan you imagine what

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