Systems of Government
Forms of Government
Forms of government
Forms of Government
MISC.
100
This is a system of government where power is divided between two different levels of government, usually a national government and smaller regional ones.
Federal system
100
This form of government is ruled by a queen or King
Monarchy
100
What form of government is ruled by the people?
Democracy
100
This year I'm excited to vote in the presidential election of 2024. I have to do my research on different Senators and House Members because they have to represent me. What type of government am I?
Representative Democracy
100
This was the title of Hobbes' book, detailing his ideas about society and government.
Leviathan
200
This is typically a Democratic System of government where leaders are elected for limited terms in office.
Presidential System
200
A Monarchy where the King or Queen has unlimited power.
Absolute Monarchy
200
This is a form of government where a small group of the wealthy are in control.
Aristocracy
200
Jason lives in a country in which political power derives solely from the people, where he and fellow citizens elect representatives and a president to enact their views in government. Jason lives in a state best described as what?
Republic or Representative Government
200
According to Locke, if a ruler violated the rights and freedoms of the citizens, the people were allowed to do this.
Revolt or launch a rebellion
300
This is typically a Democratic System of government where a Prime Minister is chosen based on popularity, and if they lose popularity, they are forced to resign.
Parliamentary System
300
A government ruled entirely by one person that is domineering. Dictatorships, authoritarian regimes, and totalitarian regimes are all forms of these.
Autocracy
300
A form of government that is ruled by religious leaders where there is NO SEPARATION between church and state.
Theocracy
300
This type of government is characterized by the rule of a small number of people. How the people are chosen varies from place to place: Some have it based on family ties, while others use wealth or military position as a determining factor. In history, many Greek city-states, including Sparta, used this form of governing.
Oligarchy
300
These leaders represent this specific form of government.
Constitutional Monarchy
400
In which system of government does the central government have all the power? (Also the most common system of government in the world).
Unitary System
400
A country where the people are allowed to vote for people to make decisions for them.
Representative Democracy
400
This is what it is called when a government is independent of religion.
Secular
400
Tommy is a resident of Capital City in the fictional country of Bergundia. Each Tuesday morning before going to work he, along will all other residents, stops by city hall and votes on any rules and laws that are being considered. He, and other citizens, do the same thing on Thursday afternoons, usually face-to-face.
What type of government does Tommy live in?
Direct Democracy
400
Montesquieu's ideas influenced the United States government and its creation. What concept did we take from him?
Separation of Powers
500
Which system of government gives states the greatest amount of sovereignty, and only convenes state power into national power for specific issues like national defense?
Confederal system
500
This government is ruled by a few people that are part of some form of the elite.
What is an Oligarchy
500
This is the term for the most extreme form of authoritarianism.
Totalitarianism
500
The Queen is the symbol of our country but has limited power, and serves as a symbolic leader. What type of government do we live in?
Constutional Monarchy
500
This is the name of one theory that St. Thomas Aquinas was famous for.
Just War Theory
600
List an example of a unitary system from lecture.
The United Kingdom, France, or Japan.
600
These are all individuals who were part of this form of government
Dictatorship
600
A small group of people usually military who rule a country after taking over by force
What is a junta?
600
“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
--Lord Acton, British historian
Based on this quotation, what type of government would Lord Acton most likely support?
Representative Governement
600
Hobbes believed that human lives were "brutish, short and this"
Violent