Forms of Government
Forms of Government
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What is a Monarchy?
A government ruled by a monarch, usually a king or a queen, who belongs to a royal family.
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What is an Oligarchy?
What is Small group of powerful people make most government decisions for their own benefit.
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What is the Rule of Law?
What is a principle that every member of a society, including the ruler or government must follow the law.
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What is the Divine Right of Kings?
What is known as the theory that a monarch rules by the sanction or approval of God.
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What day do Seniors graduate from ADS?

June 26th, 2026

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What is an Anarchy?
A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
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What is Totalitarianism?
What is a dictator holds ultimate authority.
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What is Natural Law?
What is a universal expected moral guidelines.
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Who gets elected in the mid-term elections? 

All 435 members of the House of Representatives and 1/3 of the Senate (33 or 34 members)

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What is an example of a Constitutional Monarchy?
What is the United Kingdom.
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What is a Dictatorship?
What is a single dictator or a small group that holds absolute authority and makes all decisions.
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What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
Based on the idea that there are limits to the rightful power of a government over its citizens.
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What is Sovereignty?
What is known as supreme power to act within its territory and to control its external affairs.
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What are tariffs?

Taxes imposed on goods imported from overseas

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What is example of Dictatorship?
What is Cuba.
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What is a Direct Democracy?
What is a government by the people; citizens are the ultimate source of government authority.
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What is a Theocracy?
Rulers claim to represent and be directed by a set of religious ideas.
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What is a Policy?
Is any decision made by the government in pursuit of a particular goal.
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What is the one thing everyone in the world can do to make the world a better place?

Be kind

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What is an example of Oligarchy?
What is Ancient Greece (Sparta)
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What is a Representative Democracy?
What is a government by the people; citizens are the ultimate source of government authority.
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What is the difference between Republican and Democratic?
What is known as taxes, the role of government, entitlements (Social Security, Medicare), gun control, immigration, healthcare, abortion and gay rights. These two parties dominate America's political landscape but differ greatly in their philosophies and ideals.
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What are politics?
The Process by which government makes and carries out decisions.
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What is federalism?

Power shared between the federal government and the states

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Who was John Locke and what did he do?
He developed the Social Contract theory and had some thoughts important Natural Law.
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