Types of Government
This government system gives all key powers to the central government.
What is a Unitary government?
This form of government gives citizens the least political participation.
What is an Oligarchy?
In this system, the head of government is chosen by the legislature.
What is a Parliamentary system?
This philosopher believed government should be divided into separate branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
Rousseau’s social contract theory said people agree to do this in exchange for protection.
What is give up some freedom?
In this system, power is shared between national and state governments.
What is a Federal government?
Citizens voting on laws directly in a town hall is an example of this.
What is a Direct democracy?
In this system, the executive branch is independent from the legislative branch.
What is a Presidential system?
He believed people are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to maintain order.
Who is Hobbes?
The central idea of the rule of law is that this must follow the law.
Who is everyone, including leaders?
Independent states work together under a weak central government in this system.
What is a Confederal government?
Citizens elect leaders to represent them in this system.
What is a Representative democracy?
Power in an autocracy is held by this many people.
What is one person?
His ideas about natural rights influenced the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Locke?
This idea means rulers cannot make their own laws without limits.
What is limited government?
Saudi Arabia is an example of this government type where one person holds power.
Absolute Monarchy
The United States is mostly this type of democracy today.
What is a Representative democracy?
The head of state in a constitutional monarchy often shares power with this group.
What is the legislature?
This British document from 1215 limited the king’s power.
What is the Magna Carta?
In a democracy, laws must be made with the consent of this group.
Who are the people?
This type of government has a few elite people making decisions.
What is an Oligarchy?
This form of government is ruled by the people with high participation.
What is a Democracy?
This type of government system combines power between a monarch and elected officials.
What is a Constitutional monarchy?
This document influenced U.S. ideas of limited government and individual rights.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The U.S. Constitution is an example of this type of government structure.
What is a federal system?