DemocracyYour parentsmaking a decisionfor the wholefamily, withoutconsulting any ofyou first.Your parents sayyou have to learnan instrument,but they let youchoose whichone.Your friendsdecide that youare all going towear the samething on thesame day.TheocracyYour parentsmaking you andyour siblings agreeon which show towatch before eventurning on the TV.You get in anargument withfriends. You allagree that no onecan leave the roomuntil the argumentis settled.Your siblingsselecting you to bethe one to convinceyour parents thatyou should all get araise in yourallowance.RepresentativeDemocracyThe owners of acompany decideon the rules fortheir workers,without asking theworkers for input.There's onlyone chocolatebar left, but 3people. Youdecide to___________.FreeSpace!Your parentsallow you to setyour bedtime, aslong as it isreasonable andthey agree with it.DictatorshipYour parentsset yourbedtime,with no roomto negotiate.DirectDemocracyThe classvoting for aperson tobecome classpresidentConsensusYou, votingfor whichpizza to orderwith a groupof friendsElectionsAncientAthenian(male)citizens votingfor lawsOne bossy friendalways decides whatactivities you dowhen you're together.You agree onlybecause your friendis louder andstronger.OligarchyMonarchyDemocracyYour parentsmaking a decisionfor the wholefamily, withoutconsulting any ofyou first.Your parents sayyou have to learnan instrument,but they let youchoose whichone.Your friendsdecide that youare all going towear the samething on thesame day.TheocracyYour parentsmaking you andyour siblings agreeon which show towatch before eventurning on the TV.You get in anargument withfriends. You allagree that no onecan leave the roomuntil the argumentis settled.Your siblingsselecting you to bethe one to convinceyour parents thatyou should all get araise in yourallowance.RepresentativeDemocracyThe owners of acompany decideon the rules fortheir workers,without asking theworkers for input.There's onlyone chocolatebar left, but 3people. Youdecide to___________.FreeSpace!Your parentsallow you to setyour bedtime, aslong as it isreasonable andthey agree with it.DictatorshipYour parentsset yourbedtime,with no roomto negotiate.DirectDemocracyThe classvoting for aperson tobecome classpresidentConsensusYou, votingfor whichpizza to orderwith a groupof friendsElectionsAncientAthenian(male)citizens votingfor lawsOne bossy friendalways decides whatactivities you dowhen you're together.You agree onlybecause your friendis louder andstronger.OligarchyMonarchy

Decision-Making Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Democracy
  2. Your parents making a decision for the whole family, without consulting any of you first.
  3. Your parents say you have to learn an instrument, but they let you choose which one.
  4. Your friends decide that you are all going to wear the same thing on the same day.
  5. Theocracy
  6. Your parents making you and your siblings agree on which show to watch before even turning on the TV.
  7. You get in an argument with friends. You all agree that no one can leave the room until the argument is settled.
  8. Your siblings selecting you to be the one to convince your parents that you should all get a raise in your allowance.
  9. Representative Democracy
  10. The owners of a company decide on the rules for their workers, without asking the workers for input.
  11. There's only one chocolate bar left, but 3 people. You decide to ___________.
  12. Free Space!
  13. Your parents allow you to set your bedtime, as long as it is reasonable and they agree with it.
  14. Dictatorship
  15. Your parents set your bedtime, with no room to negotiate.
  16. Direct Democracy
  17. The class voting for a person to become class president
  18. Consensus
  19. You, voting for which pizza to order with a group of friends
  20. Elections
  21. Ancient Athenian (male) citizens voting for laws
  22. One bossy friend always decides what activities you do when you're together. You agree only because your friend is louder and stronger.
  23. Oligarchy
  24. Monarchy