1. On page 5 of your notebook
List 3 rules you would want to make if you were stranded on a deserted island with your classmates
Provide an explanation for each rule

2. You and your classmates are shipwrecked on a deserted, uncharted island with no hope of being rescued
You must work together to build a community
Follow the guidelines on your sheet to create a rulebook for your community
ALL MEMBERS must sign the rule book
All members must take part
You will have 20 minutes

3. How did you feel during this exercise?
How did you feel when I stopped the activity and had you go back to your seat?
Give an example during the exercise when a majority of your classmates agreed on a decision
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages to everyone having a say?

4. Give specific examples from your experience
Give an example during the exercise when one person tried to make decisions for everyone else
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages to having one person make decisions for everyone
Based on this experience, do you believe people can be trusted to govern themselves? Why or why not?
Give specific examples from your experience

5. Fold your paper into thirds (two folds)

6. Divide both flaps in half, creating 2 doors on each flap
Carefully cut the 2 doors on the front flap,
DO NOT cut through the fold

7. On the last flap (the one farthest to the right) , divide each door into four strips
Carefully cut each strip, being careful not to cut through the fold

8. Label the top door with the word :AUTOCRACY
Label the bottom door with the word: DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY

9. Label the strips with the following terms in the following order (from top to bottom)
Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Dictatorship
Direct Democracy
Republic Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
Presidential Democracy

10. Autocracy: unlimited authority by a single individual
Democracy: Government in which political control is exercised by all the people equally
DEMOCRACY

11. Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Dictatorship
Direct Democracy
Republic Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
Presidential Democracy

12. Monarchy
System of government headed by monarch (king or queen) inherited for life
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

13. Absolute Monarchy Monarch is the only source of power; all controlling
Swaziland, Vatican City

14. Constitutional Monarchy
Government where Monarch’s power is determined by fundamental law of the state
Sweden, Monaco, United Kingdom, Spain

15. Dictatorship
Government in which those who rule acquire and maintain control by force—cannot be held responsible to will of the people
Cuba, North Korea

16. Direct Democracy
Political control is exercised directly by the people (ALL of the people)
Town meeting in New England, some small cantons in Switzerland

17. Republic Democracy (representative)
People exercise political control and participate through elected representatives
United States, Germany

18. Parliamentary Democracy
Government in which the executive brand (leaders)- prime minister and cabinet- are chosen by and responsible to Legislature (parliament) as well as being members of the Legislature
Great Britain, Spain, Japan

19. Presidential Democracy
Government in which there is a separation of powers between independent and co-equal executive and legislative branches
United States, Mexico

20. Monarchy
System of government headed by monarch (king or queen) inherited for life
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

21. Are the following examples Autocratic or Democratic?
A teacher decides there will be a test on Friday
A group of friends decide on which movie to go to by discussing three possible movies and voting on which one they want to see
A manager of a fast-food restaurant decides to give workers a 50-cent per hour raise
A mother listens to her daughter complain about not being allowed to stay out late at night then decides to let her daughter stay out one hour later