Monarch

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/monarch

1. What is the type of head of state?
2. How does someone become a monarch?
3. What is the difference between an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the type of head of state?Monarch, holding the highest position in a monarchy
2. How does someone become a monarch?Most monarchs inherit the throne from their family, but sometimes a king or queen is chosen by a council or even takes the throne by force. The usual way is through hereditary succession.
3. What is the difference between an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy?In an absolute monarchy the ruler has all the power, while in a constitutional monarchy the ruler mostly does ceremonial work and elected officials run the government.

Sovereignty: Supreme power or authority, often vested in the state and its highest representative.
Hereditary Succession: The transmission of titles, offices, or property from one generation to the next within a family.
Constitutional Monarchy: A system where a monarch acts as head of state within the limits of a constitution.