Types of Leaders
This type of leader rules a kingdom, holds power for life, and usually inherits the throne from a parent.
What is a monarch (king/queen)?
This is a system where one main leader or small group at the capital makes all the laws for an entire country.
What is a centralized government?
This describes laws that are clearly written down so that everyone in a society knows the rules and punishments.
What is a codified law?
This is a large group of different countries, states, or territories ruled by a single, powerful government.
What is an empire?
This is a formal, written agreement between two or more countries to end a war or establish trade.
What is a treaty?
This describes a single, powerful ruler who commands an entire empire made up of multiple conquered lands.
What is an emperor
This system of government allows citizens to vote directly on laws or elect representatives to make laws for them.
What is a democracy?
Created in ancient Babylon, this is one of the world's oldest and most famous sets of written laws.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
This ancient political setup consists of an independent city and the surrounding farmland that acts as its own tiny country.
What is a city-state?
This is the process where two different governments talk, debate, and make deals until they can agree on a choice.
What is negotiation?
This is a ruler who has total, absolute control over a country and its people, often taking power by force.
What is a dictator?
This is a government completely run by religious leaders who rule based on holy laws and beliefs.
What is a theocracy?
This is a set of fundamental principles or written laws that establishes how a modern government is structured and run.
What is a constitution?
This is the act of expanding an empire by taking over new lands and peoples using military force.
What is conquest?
An agreement reached where each side gives up something they want in order to settle a political argument.
What is a compromise?
In ancient Egypt, this type of leader was considered both a political ruler and a living god.
What is a pharaoh?
This type of political system divides power between a central national government and smaller local state governments.
What is a federal system
This famous Roman legal code was carved into bronze tablets and put on display in the public forum for all citizens to see.
What are the Twelve Tables?
Empires often demand this regular payment of money, goods, or resources from the people they conquer to show submission.
What is tribute?
This term refers to official representatives or ambassadors who are sent to foreign countries to keep up peaceful political relations.
What is a diplomat?
This is a small, powerful group of wealthy or elite citizens who rule a society together.
What is an oligarchy?
This term refers to a government run by non-elected officials who manage specific departments, like taxes or building roads.
What is a bureaucracy?
This is the legal principle that law applies to everyone equally, meaning even the king or president must follow the law.
What is the rule of law?
This is a territory that is legally controlled by a distant, powerful "mother country."
What is a colony?
This political strategy involves making deals or giving in to an aggressive nation's demands to avoid going to war.
What is appeasement?