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Brain Jogger. Would you rather help make an important decision or would you rather have someone else make the decision? Explain your answer in 3 sentences , please!!!. Different types of Citizen Participation.
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Brain Jogger • Would you rather help make an important decision or would you rather have someone else make the decision? • Explain your answer in 3 sentences, please!!!
Different types of Citizen Participation This is a basic question that we must look at when understanding a country’s government.
Advantages and Disadvantages in Government • As we go through the notes you will need to fill out this chart.
Autocracy • Def: A single person has complete power. • AKA authoritarian, dictatorship, monarchy
Autocracy • Things get done quicker • Good leader could make good decisions (think of King Arthur) • Bad decision made by one person. • The citizens do not have a say. • One person cannot be an expert at everything!!!
Autocracy Examples • Czarist Russia • Nazi Germany • Soviet Union under Stalin
Oligarchy • Very few people have complete power. • “Government by the Few”
Oligarchy • More people to make decisions than Autocracy. • Decisions are still made pretty quickly. • People still do not get a say • Greed=bad rulers
Oligarchy-Examples • Not many left. Communist Russia for some part of the time.
Democracy • The control is put in the hands of the citizens.
Democracy • The people get a say (Voting) • More people can be experts. • If your leaders make a bad decision, replace your leaders. • Decisions take longer to make. • Stupid voters=stupid decisions. • What the majority of people want is not always right!
Democracy-Examples • Germany, United Kingdom, France, etc. • Most European Countries
Copy the questions and leave spaces for answers-then we will watch Brain Pop • What does the word “Democracy” mean? Rule by the people • Where did one of the first Democracies start? Athens, Greece • Who got to vote in the Athenian society? Citizen from birth, no slave, man, adult, and own your own home. • What type of Democracy do we have? Republic or Representative Democracy
Brain Jogger Matching (Just write the answers) • ____________ The people Rule • ____________ A few people rule all • ____________ One person rules • ____________ The States/Local govt. have the power • ____________ The National/Central government has all the power • ____________ There is a division of Power between the states and local govt. • Unitary • Federal • Autocracy • Confederation • Oligarchy • Democracy Democracy Oligarchy Autocracy Confederation Unitary Federal