1. Review:
Types of
Governments
With root words, prefixes and
suffixes

2. Autocracy
Autocracy = government by self
• Auto – means “self ”
• cracy – means
“government”

3. Democracy
Democracy = government by the people
• Demo – based on
Greek word “demos”
meaning “people”
• cracy – means
“government”

4. Oligarchy
Oligarchy = government by the few
• Olig – based on Greek
word “oligos” meaning “few”
• archy – means
“government”

5. Monarchy
Monarchy = government by one
• Mono- means “one ”
• archy – means
“government”