GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS
What type of government has one person in charge?
Autocracy
Which government role includes police, sheriffs, and the FBI?
Keeping order
What word is closest in meaning to the term “state” in this unit?
Country
Which philosopher is associated with the idea that everyone has natural rights?
John Locke
Which branch interprets laws and settles legal disputes?
Judicial Branch
What type of autocracy is led by a king or queen?
Monarchy
Which government role includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines?
Protecting the country
Which is NOT a feature of a sovereign state: population, sovereignty, territory, a flag, or government?
A flag
What are Locke's three natural rights?
Life, liberty, and property
Which branch enforces and carries out laws?
Executive Branch
What form of government gives citizens a direct vote on laws and issues?
Direct democracy
Which government role includes highways, veterans' hospitals, and retirement benefits?
Helping citizens
What does sovereign mean?
Highest authority
What did Hobbes call a condition in which everyone has a right to everything?
State of nature
Which branch makes laws and represents the people?
Legislative Branch
What form of government is ruled by a small group?
Oligarchy
A country uses its military to defend itself from an attack. Which government role is this?
Protecting the country
A country makes its own decisions and is not ruled by another country. Which concept does this describe?
Sovereignty / being sovereign
According to Hobbes, a social contract is between which two groups?
The government and its citizens
Who leads the Executive Branch at the federal level?
The President
What type of government recognizes a god or religious being as the authority for laws?
Theocracy
Name the four roles of government: keep ___, protect ___, make ___, and help ___.
Keep order; protect the state/country; make laws; help citizens
Name the four features of a sovereign state.
Population, sovereignty, territory, and government
How does a social contract help address the state of nature described by Hobbes?
People agree to a government/rules to create order and security.
Congress passes a new law. Which branch's main job is this?
Legislative Branch