Forms of Government
A form of government where people elect leaders to make decisions for them.
What is a representative democracy?
He believed people are born with a blank slate and make decisions based on their experiences.
Who is John Locke?
These are standards of behavior that help determine right from wrong.
What are values?
He coined the term "United Nations".
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This person was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
A form of government where one person has complete control.
What is an autocracy?
He wrote "The Social Contract".
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
The visible and invisible aspects of culture can be compared to this.
What is an iceberg?
This is where the UN Charter was written and passed by representatives from 50 different countries.
What is San Francisco?
His exploration and notes led to the discovery that the Americas were not Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
A form of government led by a religious leader where laws are based on a holy text.
What is a theocracy?
This is the idea that without government people live in a lawless society plagued with violence.
What is the state of nature?
These are the three parts of culture.
What are values, cultural customs, and artifacts?
This outlines the basic rights everyone in the world should have.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
This English explorer was the second to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
A form of government where divine right to rule determines the leader who has ultimate power.
What is an absolute monarchy?
He believed that a government should be separated into three different branches to balance power.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
These are the four basic needs.
What are food, water, shelter, and clothing?
This part of the UN includes all 193 Member States.
What is the General Assembly?
This is the term used to describe the sharing of plants, animals, and diseases by European explorers in the Americas.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
A form of government where a small group of wealthy people make all the decisions.
What is an oligarchy?
He wrote "The Prince" which highlighted the corrupt aspects of absolute rule.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
These are the five basic components of culture.
What are language, clothing, food, religion, and music & art?
These are the six bodies of the United Nations.
What are the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and Secretariat?
His exploration took him to the coast of North America which led to the first British claims in modern day Canada.
Who is John Cabot?