Monarchy
This is the disease that British sailors didn't get because they were drinking grog, or rum mixed with lemon or lime juice. It is part of the reason the British monarchy became so powerful around the world.
What is "scurvy"?
In this system of democracy, each citizen gets one vote and is directly involved in decision making.
What is direct democracy?
This form of government is concerned with the SOURCE of power - all power is in one leader who typically seized power by force.
What is dictatorship?
This purpose of government is to control and contain conflict between people by placing limits on what they can and cannot do.
What is "maintain social order"?
In this system of government, there is a sovereign at the top of the system who gains their power by being born into the ruling family.
What is monarchy?
This is the word for power in a monarchy being passed down through families.
What is "birthright" or "hereditary"?
In this system of democracy, citizens vote to elect representatives who will make decisions on the behalf of citizens.
What is representative democracy?
This form of government is concerned with the SCOPE of power - the government controls all aspects of citizen life.
What is totalitarianism?
This purpose of government is to handle infrastructure (roads, sewers, street lights, etc.) projects and enforce public safety laws
What is "provide public services"?
In this system of government, citizens can vote to elect representatives who will make decisions on the behalf of citizens.
What is representative democracy?
In this form of monarchy, one leader holds all the power and citizens don't have the ability to question their decisions.
What is absolute monarchy?
This is another word for a representative democracy.
What is a republic?
In a totalitarian system, the government monitors and restricts these two areas of citizen lives.
What are public and private?
This government purpose is to protect its citizens from internal and external threats and maintain relationships with other nations.
What is "provide national security/defense"?
In this system of government, a dictator or small group of rulers controls all aspects of the lives of citizens, including their private lives.
What is totalitarianism?
In this form of monarchy, the power of the monarch is limited and citizens have more rights. Often, the monarch only has symbolic power in this system.
What is parliamentary (or constitutional) monarchy?
This is one similarity between democracy in ancient Athens and modern democracy in the United States.
What is (answers will vary!)?
These four were examples of totalitarian dictators.
Who are Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Mussolini?
This government purpose is to pass laws to shape the economy and determine how people will get what they need.
What is "make economic decisions"?
In this system of government, a small group of people do the decision-making and hold political power. Typically, this small group is made up of aristocrats or the elite, wealthy class of society.
What is oligarchy?
These are two advantages of monarchy as a system of government.
What are (answers will vary - need two examples!)?
What is one similarity between democracy in ancient Rome and modern democracy in the US?
What is (answers will vary!)?
Dictators use these two strategies to maintain power and create an illusion of popular support.
What are terror and image? (Or terror and the "cult of personality"?)
In serving the purposes of government, ALL types of government systems do both of these to citizen rights to balance safety and freedom for their citizens. (Think: two opposite actions related to citizen rights)
In this system of government, religious leaders hold important roles in the government and the god or religious deity is seen as the highest authority in the government. The government is believed to have a divine right to rule.
What is theocracy?