Purposes & Origins
POWER
Types of Government
American Democracy
The Mystery Bucket
100
The institution created by a society to create and enforce public policies
What is the government?
100
The ability to make people do what you want
What is power?
100
In this type of government, people participate personally by all coming and being part of the discussion and vote on issues.
What is direct democracy?
100
This tenet of American Democracy says that all individuals matter and have value
What is individual worth?
100
Kim Jong-un of North Korea could safely be considered this type of leader
Autocrat or dictator
200
Firefighters, police, and the postal service are examples of this "purpose" of government
What is public service?
200
When people accept that a government should rule, that rule is said to have ____
What is authority?
200
In this system of government, the government has total control over it's citizens' lives.
What is totalitarianism?
200
This tenet of American Democracy says that all people are considered equal under the law
What is equality?
200
According to the Code of Hammurabi, what should be done to someone who accuses another person of murder, but cannot prove it?
"1. If any one accuses another of murder but cannot prove it, then the accuser shall be put to death."
300
The military defending your home from invasion is an example of this "purpose" of government
What is protection?
300
This theory, developed by Karl Marx, saw history as a class war between workers and the elite who controlled the means of production
What is communism?
300
In this type of government, the idea of "limited government" is taken to the extreme and there is no government whatsoever
What is anarchy?
300
This tenet of American Democracy says that we have to work together and be willing to accept less than what we want in order to move forward
What is compromise?
300
A nation state must have four things: a group of people, defined territory, government, and _____
Sovereignty
400
This theory on the origin of government claims that the right to rule comes directly from God.
What is The Divine Right Theory?
400
This category of theories argue that a very large number or majority of people hold power
What are pluralist theories?
400
In this system of government, a small group of people hold all the power
What is an oligarchy?
400
This tenet of American Democracy says that people get to vote!
What is popular sovereignty?
400
What is a government run by religious leaders?
Theocracy
500
This ancient Babylonian King is considered responsible for creating the first code of laws that we have on record.
Who was Hammurabi?
500
According to Max Weber, government workers, or ______, are the real "Elites" who held power
What are bureaucrats?
500
In this system of government, the legislative branch controls the executive branch. People vote for lawmakers who then get to choose and make up the executive branch.
What is a parliamentary system?
500
This tenet of American Democracy says that just because the majority rules, doesn't mean they get to do whatever they want to others not in the majority
What are minority rights?
500
What bird, known for its bright and distinctive color, is actually born grey, and then gains its bright color through nutrients in the food it eats?
Flamingos 