Read the article “What Is Government” and define the following terms: government, monarchy, democracy, and oligarchy.

Government – a system by which a country, state, or community is governed or ruled

Monarchy – a king or queen makes important laws for the country

Democracy – citizens of the country vote on laws and elect their leaders.

Oligarchy – a small group of powerful leaders controls the government and makes the laws.

1) What is the purpose of government? 2) What is a government? 3) Who has the power in a government? 4) Who has the power in a monarchy? A democracy? A oligarchy?

Read the article “Limited & Unlimited Powers”. Complete the following questions and tasks: 1) What is a synonym of structured as it is used in the text? 2) How does a government’s structure affect citizens? 3) Complete a graphic organizer by identifying characteristics of governments with unlimited and limited power.

“Forms of Government Prefixes & Suffixes”. Part A: Copy the table for prefixes, suffixes, and their meaning. Answer questions 1 – 2. Part B – Read the passage and answer questions 3 – 8. Part C - Describe a club, group, or organization in your school. Who makes the rules? Who decides what activities to do? What role do members of the club play? Use what you’ve learned to identify what form of government best describes the club, group, or organization.

Forms of Democracy: Define the following terms, democracy, direct democracy and representative democracy according to the text and complete questions 1-6.

Athenian & U.S. Democracy: Read the text. Compare and Contrast (how are they alike and different) by answering the questions 1-3.

Exit slip – List three common characteristics of democracy shard by both Athenian and United States governments.