Political structures

Ancient Egypt's type of government was a ________________. The Pharaoh owned and was in charge of everything.  He had absolute power.  Power was usually passed down to his son.

• Anarchy
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

The “few” who made policy in the _________________ ruling Sparta were a group of twenty-eight men over sixty years old, joined by the two kings. This group of thirty, called the “council of elders,” formulated proposals that were submitted to an assembly of all free adult males.

• Democracy
  
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship

Diogenes of Sinope argued, in opposition to Plato, that reason should replace authority in guiding the people, and imagined a free community without government.  This type of government would be considered an ____________________________.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Anarchy
• Oligarchy

A _________________ is a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them. A perfect example is the U.S., where we elect a president and members of the Congress. We also elect local and state officials

• Autocracy
• Aristocracy
• Democracy
• Theocracy

_________________ means the rule of the best. In ancient Roman society it was represented by the patricians, or upper class.

• Constitutional Monarcy
• Autocracy
• Aristocracy
• Theocracy

Incan government can be considered a _____________________.  Their ruler Pachacuti claimed to be a direct descendant of the Incan sun god Inti and the creator god Pachacamac.  Politics and religion were fully intertwined.

• Autocracy
• Theocracy
• Junta
• Representative Democracy

Rule by one, both dictatorship and monarchy are examples _____________

• Constitutional Monarchy
• Representative Democracy
• Aristocracy
• Autocracy

Feudalism in Japan:

• Military Power
  
• God chooses leader
• Participation in government  
• Class Structure

“We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all” (Pericles, Athens, Greece)

• Military Power
• God  chooses a leader
• Class Structure
• Participation in government

Which of the below assumes power mostly by force.

• Direct Democracy
• Anarchy
• Dictatorship