Types of Government
What type of government is ruled by a single person with absolute power?
What is an absolute monarchy?
What principle ensures that powers are divided among different branches of government?
What is separation of powers?
Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?
What is the legislative branch?
What document declared the American colonies' independence from Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Who is known for the idea of the social contract and natural rights?
Who is John Locke?
In which type of democracy do citizens vote directly on laws?
What is direct democracy?
What term describes the idea that the government's power comes from the people?
What is consent of the governed/popular sovereignty?
What branch of government interprets the laws?
What is the judicial branch?
What was the first constitution of the United States called?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Who wrote "Leviathan" and believed in a strong central authority?
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
What is a government ruled by a small group of people called?
What is an oligarchy?
What is the principle that allows one branch of government to limit another branch's powers called?
What are checks and balances?
Which branch of government enforces the laws?
What is the executive branch?
What document established the framework of the U.S. government?
What is the United States Constitution?
What was a significant uprising in 1786 that highlighted weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
What is Shay's Rebellion?
What term describes a government where the leader has total control and often maintains power through force?
What is a dictatorship?
What principle means that everyone, including the government, must follow the law?
What is rule of law?
What is the system called that prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful?
What are checks and balances?
What is the name of the first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual liberties?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Which Native American confederacy influenced American democratic practices?
What is the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?
What type of monarchy has a constitution that limits the powers of the king or queen?
What is a constitutional monarchy?
What is the concept that the government must respect individuals' rights and freedoms called?
What are individual rights and responsibilities?
Which branch includes the President of the United States?
What is the executive branch?
What document laid out the principles of government that influenced the U.S. Constitution, including limited government?
What is the Magna Carta?
What ancient civilization is known for developing the concept of democracy?
What is Greek Democracy?