Vocabulary
The group or organization that makes decisions on behalf of the people.
What is government?
This person who first thought of social contract theory favored a strong central government, probably because he lived under monarchies.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Aristotle wrote a commentary on this form of government, where the people have the power, at least theoretically.
What is democracy?
The frontispiece comes from this 1651 book written by Thomas Hobbes.
What is Leviathan?
This is a type of government ruled by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
A form of government where one person has all the power and authority.
What is autocracy?
This guy was more positive than Hobbes, saying that humans use reason to think about their actions.
Who is John Locke?
Free male Athenians aged 18 or older had this privilege, which gave them voting power.
What is citizenship?
The idea that governments have the authority to use physical force is symbolized by which object?
What is the sword?
In Ancient Athens, this was the government committee that decided what to vote on.
What is the boule?
The United States has this system of government, where power is shared between the federal government and the states.
What is federal?
This guy states outright that humans have a moral obligation to rebel against a corrupt government.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Also the name of one of Congress' houses, this was simply an advisory body in the Roman Republic.
What is the Senate?
The idea of this image is to say that a sovereign gets his right to rule from???
What is the people?
This man spoke the famous phrase "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This word is used to describe a legislature with two houses.
What is bicameral?
John Locke mentions this, where the government had failed in its purpose and humans had no obligation to obey said government.
What is a state of war?
Government became less representative of the people when Rome shifted from the Roman Republic to this.
What is the Roman Empire?
This term, which was actually coined by Rousseau, describes the theory displayed by the frontispiece.
What is social contract theory?
In the Roman Republic, this was what the aristocracy was called.
What are the patricians?
This is the concept of a branch doing something to prevent the other branches from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This person is the one who thought of the concept of separation of powers.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
In the United States, the president is elected by the people. In the UK, the head of government, known as this, is not.
What is the prime minister?
A king is used to symbolize this authority because Thomas Hobbes lived mainly under this type of government.
What is a monarchy?
The Republic was a book written by this philosopher who detailed the need for a social hierarchy based on virtue and knowledge.
Who is Plato?