1D Unit 1 Foundations of Government

People give up some of their rights and power in exchange for protection.

• state of nature

• social contract

• tabula rasa

If there was no government, people would live in a(n) _____.

• state of nature

• oligarchy

• social contract

• tabula rasa

Life, liberty and property

• state of nature

• tabula rasa

• social contract

• natural rights

Believed if the government doesn't protect rights, citizens can revolt

• Hobbes

• Locke

A small group of people has all the power

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

• democracy

King or queen has absolute power

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

Blank slate

• tabula rasa

• social contract

• natural rights

• state of nature

Believed in a single sovereign - a monarchy

• Hobbes

• Locke

One person has all the power

• democracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

• autocracy

King or queen follow a rulebook and share power with other parts of government

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy