ROOTS of government

root = ARCH

•Chief•Most important•Rule or ruler

root = CRAT (CRACY)

•Ruler

root = ISM

•Belief

root = THEO

•God or gods

root = MONO

•One

root = OLIGO

• Few• Little

root = DEMO

• People• Population

Root = RES PUBLICA

• The Greater Good• The Public Thing

root = COM

• Together• Shared

root = EGAL

•Equal

root = DICT

• Speak• Words

root = TOTAL

• ALL• Total• Complete

Directions

• Get with your shoulder partner– Partner A is Peanut Butter– Partner B is Jelly– IT’S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!

• With your partner, read pages 30 and 31 (Types of Governments) and define the four types of government that the book talks about– Peanut Butter – defines Monarchy and Theocracy– Jelly – defines Dictatorships and Democracies

More Directions

• Using Your Roots, try to define the remaining sixtypes of government– Peanut Butter – define Oligarchy, Communism, and

Theocracy– Jelly – Define Totalitarianism, Republic, and

Egalitarianism

MONARCHY

• One Ruler–Characteristics: There is a king, queen, or

emperor in charge of the government– Example: United Kingdom

DICTATORSHIP

• The leader’s word is the rule–Characteristics: In a dictatorship, one

person has total control over every detail of government, and the people have very little power.– Example: Saddam Hussein’s Iraq (before

2003)

TOTALITARIANISM

• A belief in total control–Characteristics: The government controls

every aspect of the people’s lives– Example: Italy during WWII (under

Mussolini)

OLIGARCHY

• A group of several people control all power–Characteristics: Typically, the richest

people control the country–Example: Ancient Greece

SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM

• All is shared/Power of people is grouped by the government–Characteristics: The government takes all

the power, money, etc., and gathers it together. They then control everything and share with the people what they see fit.– Example: North Korea, Soviet Union (until

1991)

DEMOCRACY

• The people have the power–Characteristics: In a pure democracy,

every citizen can vote on every issue–Example: Ancient Rome

REPUBLIC

• People are chosen to represent other people in government–Characteristics: A representative is chosen

to make decisions for a group of people.– Example: Again, Ancient Rome had Senators

who were chosen to represent the people

EGALITARIANISM

• Everything is equal– There are no examples of this in the world, as of

now

THEOCRACY

• A religion rules the government– Example: Iran

WHAT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES?

• We are considered to be a Democratic Republic– The people have the power to vote, but…– They choose representatives to make the

biggest decisions in government.

Assignment

• Create an illustration for each type of government

• For Example:– Monarchy – a crown will do