The right to rule derived directly from God, not from the consent of the people.
What is Divine Right?
100
Before democracy began in 1994, white citizens, who were only 20% of the population of South Africa controlled the government.
What is oligarchy?
100
The sudden violent overthrow of a government by a small group, either the police or the military.
What is military coup?
100
Is it the purpose of the United Nations to help nations select their leaders?
No.
100
Acts that inflict violence and fear to achieve a political goal.
What is terrorism?
200
Is the United States an example of limited government or unlimited government?
Limited government.
200
The rule of one powerful leader. He makes any laws he wants and opposition is not tolerated.
What is dictatorship?
200
The violent uprising and overthrow of the monarchy in France in the 1700s is an example of a military coup or a revolution?
Revolution
200
What is the main idea of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
All human beings are born equal in dignity and rights.
200
Why is the 1994 bombing of the US Embassy in Kenya an example of terrorism?
Because it was an act of violence that was intended to achieve a political goal.
300
This is a democracy in which citizens vote directly on all decisions that are made.
What is Direct Democracy?
300
If a general takes over a country, rules for decades, limits freedoms and does not tolerate dissent, what type of government is this?
Dictatorship.
300
Authority that is based on law.
What is legitimate authority?
300
Name two of the four purposes of the United Nations.
1. Maintain international peace
2. Develop friendly relations among nations
3. Seek solutions to global problems
4. To harmonize the actions of nations toward common goals.
300
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially targeting a specific ethnic group.
What is genocide?
400
One supreme authority rules the country.
The leader inherits his position through the family line.
What is Monarchy?
400
If a country has fair elections, freedom of speech and branches of government responsible for different things, what type of government is this?
Democracy
400
If a government is democratically elected, and then the military removes the government and takes over the country, is the new government legitimate or illegitimate authority?
Illegitimate authority.
400
Why was the killing of over 500,000 of the Tutsis by the Hutu-led government of Rwanda an example of genocide?
Because the Hutu government specifically targeted the killing of a specific ethnic group, the Tutsis.
500
The rule of the many by the few.
What is Oligarchy?
500
This is the name of the action in which judges use previous court rulings to make their decisions.
Judicial Precedence
500
Describe a case in which legal precedence was overturned.
The legal precedence set by Plessy versus Ferguson was overturned in the Brown versus the Board of Education decision.
500
What is the purpose of government?
To protect citizens and establish order.
500
What do both the 5th Amendment and the Magna Carta say about a fair trial?
The government cannot take away freedoms or possessions without a fair trial.