Part 1: Need for Gov't
The understanding of both citizenship and government.
What is civics?
Citizens do not have the power to rule.
What is nondemocratic government?
An independent city with it's own government.
What is a city-state?
Such as a king or queen, who reigns over a kingdom or empire.
What is a monarch?
Tax on the purchase of goods and services.
Helping people cooperate, providing services, and providing laws.
What are the basic purposes of government?
The right to rule might be passed down through a powerful family.
What is a dynasty?
A type of dictatorship in which all power is concentrated in a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
Full control of the government.
What is an absolute monarchies?
Is a limit on the exchange of goods.
What is the trade barrier?
A written plan of government.
What is Constitution?
____ comes from the Greek word meaning "power or strength or energy."
What is dyna-?
___ several different forms of government developed among the city-states.
Where is Ancient Greece?
Members of the English aristocracy forced King John to sign the Magna Carta.
What happened in 1215?
Tax on the value of real estate and other property.
What is property tax?
A __ guarantees certain freedoms.
What is a law?
A system of government where people either rule directly or elect officials who act on their behalf.
What is democratic government of democracy?
A dictator who helped turn the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Is a class or group of rich land owners or nobles who had more power, money, and land than did common citizens.
What is Aristocracy?
Livestock, grain, and labor.
What did governments use to collect taxes as?
Printing money, establish post offices, and create treaties with foreign nations.
What are federal government services?
A government controlled by one or more religious leaders who claim to rule on behalf of God or the gods worshipped in their country.
What is theocracy?
A practice of ancient Athens.
What is direct democracy?
___ comes from the Greek word of "power"
What is crat?
A tax system that system pays by working for the government as farmers, soliders, and builders.
What is the mita system?