Types of Government
This type of government comes in a constitutional or absolute variety. Examples include Britain under Elizabeth and Israel under Saul.
What is a Monarchy?
This type of government keeps power with the central government, power which comes from the people.
What is a Unitary Government?
This branch of Government enforces the Law and is headed by the President.
What is The Executive branch?
This Characteristic of Democracy sees a majority of representatives coming to a decision on something.
What is Majority Rule?
A Society with many different interest groups, religions, ethnicities, etc.
What is a Pluralistic Society?
What are the three conditions for a successful democratic government?
What is Opportunity, Educated Society, and Moral Responsibility?
This type of Government is considered to be totalitarian in nature, including oligarchies and autocracies. Examples include Iraq under Saddam Hussein and Germany under Hitler.
What is a Dictatorship?
This type of government divides power between two levels, National and Regional.
What is Federalism?
This Branch of Government makes laws via Congress, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This Democratic characteristic refers to giving every equal justice before the law.
What is equality?
This is the first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This type of government is actually just the absence of government. One example is Somalia.
What is Anarchy?
This type of government gives power to the regional level, leaving only a little to the national government. Examples include the European Union or The Articles of Confederation.
What is a Confederacy? (Confederate government)
This branch of government interprets laws and includes the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This Characteristic of Democracy refers to the freedoms that we have as Americans.
What is Liberty?
This is the way the U.S. elects the President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
This type of government includes both democracies and republics. Examples include Canada and the U.S.
What is a Popular Government?
This type of Democracy takes place when the people have firsthand involvement in government.
What is Direct (Pure) Democracy?
This is the principle that limits the power of each branch of government by spreading power out horizontally.
What are Checks and balances? (Separation of Powers)
This Characteristic of Democracy is important due to the many different opinions within our government and country.
What is Compromise?
This english document, known as The Great Charter, restored feudal rights in England but also became foundational for many constitutional governments in the future.
What is the Magna Carta?
These are three terms to describe the U.S. system of Government.
What is a Constitutional Republic, Democratic Republic, and Representative Democracy?
This type of Democracy occurs when the people elect representatives to rule on their behalf.
What is an Indirect Democracy?
The Constitution names these specific powers that the National government has, while reserving everything else for the states.
What are Delegated Powers?
This Characteristic of Democracy refers to the recognization and respecting of all people.
What is Individual Worth?
This city created the first Democracy.
What is Athens, Greece?