Types of Government
Supreme authority rests with the people
democracy
He wrote that among the rights of humans are "Life, liberty, and property."
John Locke
Kings have the God given right to rule
Divine Right Theory
An example of a unitary government.
Britain
_______________ is the closest planet to the Sun
Mercury
Exercise of gov. powers is held by a single person or small group
dictatorship
Government is necessary to avoid "the war of every man against every man"
Thomas Hobbes
Theory that gov. naturally evolve from the family.
Evolutionary Theory
example of a federal gov.
United States
The last President to be assassinated
Kennedy
A government where the legal system of the state is based on religious law.
Theocracy
Wrote the "Wealth of Nations" and was the major proponent of capitalism
Adam Smith
By contract, people within a given area agreed to give up to the state as much power as was needed to promote the safety and well-being of all.
Social Contract Theory
the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
government
He wrote the Epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Doh!
A _______________ government is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central gov. and several local governments.
federal
"Humans are by nature political animals."
Aristotle
A small group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to submit to the groups rule.
Force Theory
The three powers/branches of government
judicial, executive, legislative
Her real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Lady Gaga
Government where the power to rule is held by a small self appointed elite
oligarchy
"government of the people, by the people, and for the people."
Abraham Lincoln-Gettysburg Address
economic and political theory emphasizing money as the chief source of wealth to increase the absolute power of the monarchy and nation.
mercantilism
Example of a confederacy
European Union
Articles of Confederation
or
Confederate States of America
How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Noah is the one who took the animals on the ark