Civics - What is Gov't?

a Dictatorship is when

• many people have power

• one person has power

• some elites have power

• rights and freedoms of individuals are protected

the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power

• separation of powers

• purpose of gov't

• an oligarchy

• popular sovereignty

Which of the following is a foundation of gov't?

• Power

• Authority

• Legitimacy

• Sovereignity

• all of the above

Rule by a few elites

• anarchy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

Which is an example of direct democracy?

• Congress

• House of Burgesses, a legislature in Virginia

• a New England Town Hall

• Rome under Emperor Augustus

Which philosopher came up with the idea of Separation of Powers

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

When there is no governing authority or structure there is

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

When there is government regulated by religious laws (ex: Pilgrims)

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

the study of the government and the rights and duties of citizenship

• History

• Anthropology

• Civics

• Sociology

In the US we have ______ democracy

• Direct

• Indirect/Republican

• Anarchist

• Socialist