Types of Government
This is the main difference in monarchy and dictatorship.
What is "the passing of power"?
This is the term to describe the US government.
What is a democratic republic?
This kind of democracy is displayed through the people having all control.
What is direct democracy?
This is the absence of government.
What is anarchy?
This is a form of government in which an elite group of people have a self-appointed rule.
What is an oligarchy?
These are the 4 major government systems.
What is Monarchy, Dictatorship, Anarchy, and Popular Government?
This term refers to the idea that a majority of the electorate makes decisions that bind the entire electorate.
What is majority rule?
This is the division of power between the governmental power into national and state government.
What is federalism?
In a parliamentary form of government, this is the executive leader.
What is the Prime Minister?
This is the two parts that make up the legislative branch of government.
What is the House of Representatives and Congress?
The word democracy comes from these Latin words.
What is Demos (people) and Kratos (government)?
This is another name for an indirect democracy.
What is a representative democracy?
The European Union is an example of this type of government.
What is confederacy?
This is how the constitution limits government.
What is dividing into three branches?
These are the 3 conditions of democracy.
What is Opportunity, Educated Society, and Moral Responsibility?
This document was signed in 1215 by King John to restore feudal rights to barons.
What is the Magna Carta?
This is the difference between a republic and an indirect democracy.
What is the limitation of power by law?
These were the two fears of the founding fathers, causing them to form a republic and not a democracy.
What is tyranny and mob rule?
These are the five characteristics of democratic government.
What is Majority Rule, Equality, Liberty, Necessity of Compromise, and Individual Worth?
This is the term used to describe a society in which differing opinions and ideas exist.
What is a Pluralistic Society?