Bill of Rights
Types of Government
Tenets of Democracy
The Basics
Political Theorists
100
A system of government that assigns power to a single person who inherits that position and rules until death
What is a monarchy?
100
This is regarded as the goal of democracy, whereby average people have control of the institutions of government
What is self-governance?
100
The definition of this is: who gets what when and how?
What is politics?
100
He discussed the state of nature and the social contract in his book, The Leviathan.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
This amendment grants states all powers not reserved to the federal government.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
200
A system of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them either directly or indirectly through elected representatives
What is a democracy?
200
This is a numerical majority of a group should hold the power to make decision binding on the whole group – a simple majority
What is majority rule?
200
This are the institutions, processes, and rules that are designed to facilitate a declared authority’s control of a particular area and its inhabitants
What is governance?
200
He is widely regarded as the father of democracy.
Who is Aristotle?
300
This Amendment grants citizens the right to a jury trial in criminal cases over $20 or more.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
300
A system of government in which the power to govern is concentrated in the hands of a powerful few, usually wealthy individuals
What is an oligarchy?
300
Set of beliefs holding that people, and not government, are responsible for their own well-being.
What is individualism?
300
This is the status, designation, or acceptance of authority and of the need to obey its commands
What is legitimacy?
300
In Two Treatises of Government, he argued that government must be restrained in its powers to serve the common good. He also argued that people have inalienable or natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
400
This amendment grants citizens the right not to have soldiers quartered in their homes, especially during times of peace.
What is the Third Amendment?
400
A form of governance in which power is derived from citizens, but representatives act on their behalf to make governmental policy
What is a republic?
400
The idea that all individuals are equal in their moral worth and so must be equal in treatment under the law and have equal access to the decision-making
What is equality?
400
This type of thing is Non-rivalrous, meaning it can be used by everyone, and it is non-exhaustable, meaning it won’t run out either.
What is a public good?
400
In his book, Democracy in America, he asserted that the right to life, liberty, and property are natural and unalienable rights. By unalienable rights, he meant rights that every individual has and that government cannot legitimately take away. ?
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
500
This amendment states: "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
What is the Eighth Amendment?
500
A system of government in which the power to govern is concentrated in the hands of an individual ruler.
What is an autocracy?
500
The political value that cherishes freedom from an arbitrary exercise of power that constricts individual choice
What is liberty?
500
This is the depletion or destruction of a shared resource by individuals who act in self interest
What is the tragedy of the commons?
500
Thomas Hobbes called life in this type of existence "nasty, short, and brutish."
What is the state of nature?
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