Brain Jogger
• Would you rather help make an important
decision or would you rather have someone
else make the decision?
• Explain your answer in 3 sentences, please!!!
Different types of
Citizen Participation
This is a basic question that we must look at
when understanding a country’s government.
Advantages and Disadvantages in
Government
• As we go through the notes you will need to fill out
this chart.
Autocracy
Definition:
Advantage
Oligarchy
Definition:
Disadvantage
ME Country Example:
Advantage
Democracy
Definition:
Disadvantage
ME Country Example:
Advantage
Disadvantage
ME Country Example:
Low or No Participation
Autocratic
Low or No Participation
Oligarchic
Citizen Participation
Government Power
General Citizens’
Participation
Select Citizens’
Participation
Government Power
Citizen Participation
Government Power
How Governments Determine Citizen
High Participation
High Participation
Participation
Low or No Participation
Democracy
Autocracy
• A single person has complete power.
Autocracy
Advantages
•Things get done
quicker
•Good leader could
make good
decisions (think of
King Arthur)
Disadvantages
•Bad decision made
by one person.
•The citizens do not
have a say.
•One person cannot
be an expert at
everything!!!
Autocracy-Saudi Arabia
• The Monarchy of Saudi Arabia.
• The King has the Ultimate Power.
HAS ALL THE POWER
Oligarchy
• Very few people have complete power.
• “Government by the Few”
Oligarchy
Advantages
•More people to
make decisions
than Autocracy.
•Decisions are still
made pretty
quickly.
Disadvantages
•People still do not
get a say
•Greed=bad rulers
Oligarchy-Syria and Iran
Syria
• Ruling political party called the Ba’ath
• Controls much of the government
Iran
• Ruled by religious leaders and political leaders
Democracy
• The control is put in the hands of the citizens.
Democracy
Advantages
•The people get a say
(Voting)
•More people can be
experts.
•If your leaders make a
bad decision, replace
your leaders.
Disadvantages
•Decisions take longer to
make.
•Stupid voters=stupid
decisions.
•What the majority of
people want is not
always right!
Democracy-Israel
• The citizens of Israel vote for their leaders.
Organize the three government types by
how many people get to make decisions:
Democracy The most people
1. ____________
2. Oligarchy
____________ A few people
3. Autocracy
____________ One person
Copy the questions and leave spaces for answers-then
we will watch Brain Pop
• What does the word “Democracy” mean?
Rule by the people
• Where did one of the first Democracies start?
Athens, Greece
• Who got to vote in the Athenian society?
Citizen from birth, no slave, man, adult, and own
your own home.
• What type of Democracy do we have?
Republic or Representative Democracy