How are these types of governments similar and different? Tuesday Warm-Up In your warm-up tell me the characteristics of the following governments: Democracy Absolute Monarchy Dictatorship How are these types of governments similar and different? Give me some examples of these forms of government both past and present.

Democracy Democracy is a form of government in which the people have a say in how the government operates, either through direct control or elected representatives.

Absolute Monarchy An absolute monarchy is where a king or queen has absolute, or total, control over all parts of the government and society

Dictatorship A dictatorship is where one man has control over all aspects of society.

Enlightenment Virtual Timeline Log into Google Classroom Use the link provided for you to open up the visual timeline for today’s assignment Your Task: Copy down the year and event into your notebook on page 40 Use the timeline to answer the questions attached to today’s assignment Turn in once completed

Exit Ticket The Enlightenment was a time period with great philosophical thoughts about the role of government in society. What was an effect of the ideas of this time period? Society went back to the way it was during the Middle Ages People believed the teaching of the Catholic Church A string of revolutions occurred in different areas of the world People began understanding the importance of absolute monarchs

Exit Ticket The Enlightenment brought a drastic change in the type of government that people thought was best for society. The change included moving away from what type of government? Democracy Oligarchy Absolute Monarchy None of the Above