Democracy
What two ancient civilizations gave us ideas about democracy?
Athens and Rome
Name the three types of economic systems we have talked about.
Communism, socialism and capitalism
A government run by one powerful person with total control
Autocracy, dictatorship or totalitarian
Name all three of John Locke's natural rights.
Life, liberty and property.
How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
the first 10
A document that lays out the structure of the government is called a?
A constitution
In this system, the community owns everything and there is no government.
Communism
A loose grouping of states, with a weak federal government and strong state governments
Confederation
Who said "I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,"
Voltaire
Name the four American founding documents we learned about.
Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution and the Bill of Rights
In a direct democracy, who votes on bills?
Everyone
In this system, the government has no influence in the economy. There are no government regulations on businesses.
Capitalism
A government system with a federal government and a network of state and local governments
A federal system
This philosopher thought about three branches of government and checks and balances.
Montesquieu
What does the first article of the Constitution say?
Setting up the legislative branch
Name one of the English documents that inspired American government ideals.
Magna Carta, English Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights
In this system, taxes are taken out proportional to income and the government owns some large businesses (like healthcare or college) as public services.
Socialism
A government controlled by a small but powerful group of people.
Oligarchy
This philosopher came up with the "Social Contract."
Rousseau
Name two things that make a source reliable.
Recent date, not a .com, show their sources, limit biases
What English King signed the Magna Carta?
King John
A type of economy that combines parts of two or more economic systems
Mixed economy
A government where people vote for political parties, not candidates. The winning political party gets to choose the leader of the executive branch.
Parliamentary
The only philosopher who thought people were generally bad and should be controlled by an absolute monarch (king).
Thomas Hobbes
What are both terms that are used to describe Rome's government?
Indirect democracy and republic