1.2 Purpose and Forms of Government - Discovery Ed.

A leader who prevents people from exercising their rights would be a ________.

• President

• King

• Queen

• Dictator

What type of government does the United States have?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Presidential

• Dictatorship

This philosopher believed that people would give in to their instincts and act like wild animals. (All out for themselves.)

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Machavilli

• Jefferson

What is the purpose of a preamble?

• Limits the government

• Runs the government

• Outlines the goals of government

• Defines the organization of government

The Federal Nature of Government . . .

• Has a strong central government.

• Gives some control to local governments.

The main job of any government is

• To keep a small group of people from ruling all of society.

• To define rules for people living in a territory.

• To make sure all citizens agree to the rules.

• To form a nation out of a diverse group of citizens.

In an Authoritarian government, power is held by. .

• The president

• Single person or elite few.

The power of a Democratic government is given to them by

• Their parents

• Heredity

• The People

• The military

The main forms of authoritarian government are

• Monarchys

• Dictatorships

• Totalitarian

• Oligarchies

An indirect Democracy is also called a

• Representative democracy

• Republic

• Direct democracy