Compare the Systems
This system can include both a king and elected representatives at the same time.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
A country allows only wealthy landowners to vote and hold office.
What is an oligarchy?
This thinker believed people are naturally selfish and need strong control.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
A democracy can include both direct and representative elements.
What is true?
A military group takes control of a country by force.
What is a junta?
This type of democracy is most common in large modern countries.
What is a representative democracy?
A country has elections, but the same leader always wins and controls everything.
What is a dictatorship?
This thinker believed government should protect natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
A dictatorship can also be a democracy.
What is false?
Citizens’ ability to vote out leaders shows this concept.
What is popular sovereignty (or democracy)?
This system would be most difficult to maintain in a large country because all citizens must participate directly.
What is a direct democracy?
Citizens vote on laws AND elect representatives to make decisions.
What is a mixed (direct and representative) democracy?
This concept explains why people give up some freedoms for protection.
What is the social contract?
A monarchy can exist within a democracy.
What is true?
Life, liberty, and property are examples of these.
What are natural rights?
This system may appear to have elections, but citizens have no real choice in candidates.
What is a dictatorship?
A king rules, but must follow a constitution and shares power.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
This is what Locke believed people could do if their government fails.
What is overthrow or replace the government?
An oligarchy and dictatorship are completely different in all ways.
What is false?
This describes a government that gets its power from the people’s agreement.
What is the social contract?
This system can exist alongside many other government types because it is based on religion.
What is a theocracy?
There are no laws, and people act only in their own self-interest.
What is anarchy (or state of nature)?
This describes life without government according to Hobbes.
What is “nasty, brutish, and short”?
A government can be both anarchy and monarchy at the same time.
What is false?
This term describes a situation where a few control political power, often unfairly.
What is an oligarchy?