Intro to political theory- PIG

Voluntarily coming together of people and creating the state

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Force Theory

A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, self-appointed elite group

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Communism

• Monarch

Who believed that man is born evil & selfish, and needs to be controlled.  Life without a strong government would be nasty, brutish, and short

• Hobbes
• Locke

Locke believed that a good government gets its power from

• God.
• the people.
• military strength.
• a strict monarch.

What did Rousseau claim to be true?

• All men are born equal
• Music is the answer to everything
• Kids only cause problems
• The taller you are the smarter you become

The Founding Fathers of the United States were inspired by Rousseau, but knew that with a bigger country they should create a ________________.

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Majority Rule

• General Will

King Henry VIII of England had absolute power in his kingdom, believing that his authority was derived directly from God. This is an example of the

• force theory
• divine right theory
• evolutionary theory
• social contract theory

What country later adopted Montesquieu's theory of government?

• France

• China

• England

• America

According to Montesquieu, what was the best form of government?

• where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

• every man for himself