Essential Characteristics
Government has to have people that are called what?
Citizens
Hobbes thought life was what?
poor, nasty, brutish, and short
What does the government make?
Laws
What type of government is religous?
Theocracy
What limit says the rights of the citizens
Constitution
Government must have what to protect themselves?
Military/police
What was the name of Hobbes book?
Leviathan
What does the government keep?
Order
What type of government is it where no one is in control?
Anarchy
What limit says that laws apply to everyone
The rule of law
What are the rules of the government called?
Laws
Locke thought that the government should protect the citizens if they gave up what?
There freedom
What does the government protect?
The Country
What type of government is ruled by a king/queen
Monarchy
What limit says that power is equally divided among branches
Seperation of power
Government must have what to rule them?
Leader(s)
Hobbes thought once people signed away there rights they lost the power to do what?
overthrow, replace, or question the government
Who does the the government help?
Citizens
What type of government is ruled by the few?
Oligarchy
What limit says that you give consent through voting
Consent of the governed
Government must have what to help them learn?
School
Locke believed everyone should have the right to what?
life, liberty, and property
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What type of government has one person who controls everything?
Dictatorship
What limit protects small groups
Rights of minority