Government

Ancient Greece was ruled by many forms of government. – Monarchy – rule by one king/person– Oligarchy – rule is in the hands of a

few wealthy people– Tyranny – rule by one person who

took control by force– Democracy – rule by all people

Direct Democracy Representative Democracy

Democracy

Athens developed the first democracy

(Direct)

Greek word meaning “power of the

people”

A government where the people have the right to make decisions about leaders and

laws

The U.S. government is based on Athenian

democracy.(Representative)

Athens was the first known city to develop Democracy

Direct participation was important.

In the Assembly, every citizen attended as often as he pleased and had the right to speak.

– Ex. Go to War or not

Direct Democracy

Representative Democracy

The U.S. today is a representative democracy, where we vote for people to make decisions for us.

Ex. U.S. Senate and U.S House of Representatives