Purpose and Forms of Government

How do dictatorships maintain control over the state?

• state of nature

• By inspiring awe

• Prevent citizens from exercising their rights

• By a military coup

What type of government does the U.S. practice?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

What are the two major forms of government?

• Authoritarian and democratic

• Dicatorship and democratic

• Presidential and authoritarian

• Monarchy and Parliamentary

Which philosopher believed in a "state of nature"?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Both

Who wrote "Leviathan"?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Both

Who believed in a social contract between the government and the people?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Both

Who wrote "Two Treatises of Government"?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Both

Who believed one of the most important rules of government was to protect people's lives and property?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Both

Who believed people are born with natural rights?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Both

The purpose of the Preamble is to describe the goals and purposes of the government.

• True

• False