Types of Government
In this system, most government power belongs to the central or national government.
Unitary
This is the most common way Americans participate in government.
Voting
Everyone, including government leaders, must obey the law.
Rule of Law
Which country provided an important foundation for the American concept of limited government?
England
What intellectual movement included thinkers such as Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau?
Enlightenment
In this system, power is divided between the national government and state or regional governments.
Federal
Citizens elect people to make government decisions for them.
Representative Democracy
A constitution restricts what government leaders are allowed to do.
Limited
What document signed by King John in 1215 was an important early step toward limiting the power of government?
Magna Carta
Which Enlightenment thinker argued that people have natural rights and may replace a tyrannical government?
John Locke
One person or small group holds supreme government power.
Autocracy
Citizens vote directly on laws and issues themselves.
Direct Democracy
A ruler can ignore laws, restrict individual rights, and face almost no limits on power.
Unlimited
What English document helped change England from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy?
English Bill of Rights
Which Enlightenment thinker influenced the idea of separating government power?
Montesquieu
A small group of elite people controls the government.
Oligarchy
In this type of democracy, the legislature chooses the executive leader.
Parlimentary
One branch can stop or limit an action taken by another branch.
Checks and Balances
The English Bill of Rights influenced which later American document that also protects individual rights?
U.S. Bill of Rights
Which Enlightenment thinker wrote that people agree to give government power (Popular Sovereignty)?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Religious leaders control the government.
Theocracy
In this type of democracy, the executive is chosen separately from the legislature.
Presidential
North Korea is a strictly controlled country ruled by an absolute leader named Kim Jong Un. The government holds total power over daily life, deciding what jobs people have, what they read, and what they see on television. Because the government blocks internet access and foreign movies, citizens have very little contact with the outside world. Is this country an example of limited or unlimited government?
Unlimited
The Magna Carta established that even government leaders are subject to laws. What principle did this help establish?
Rule of law
According to ideas found in the writings of John Locke, what are the three unalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, and Property