Unit 1, Week 2 (lesson 2 and 3)

A form of government that was created by force by one person or a small group who claimed control over the land.

• Monarchy

• Oligarcchy

• Force Theory

• Judicial

The Evolutionary Theory of government is defined as

• One person who joined a small group of others, and eventually evolved into a fully functioning government

• A government system that changes and evolves every year to write laws and create justice.

• A government where the leader evolves into a national leader.

• Government that started as a small primitive family where one person is the head and this family evolved into a clan and eventually a tribe.

A government in which people believe a person was given the 'divine right' to rule from God.

• Force Theory

• Christian Theory

• Divine Intervention Theory

• Divine Right Theory

This form of government began because the

strong took what they wanted & no authority existed to stop them, so the people agreed to give up some power to the government in exchange for safety.

• Social Contract Theory

• Social Experiment Theory

• Social Cause Theory

• Social Injustice Theory

In a democracy, where does the political authority rest?

• Only in the government

• With the people

• In the individual states

• In the democratic party

Government is conducted only by consent of the people in which form of government?

• A Monarchy

• An oligarchy

• a tribunal

• a democracy

Which of the following is a "pure democracy"?

• Direct Democracy

• In-direct Democracy

• Dictator Democracy

• Individual Democracy

A "representative democracy" is also known as

• Direct Democracy

• Individual Democracy

• Indirect Democracy

• No democracy at all

In an Indirect Democracy

• The central government makes all of the decisions regardless of what the people want

• A small group chosen by the people act as representatives to express the popular will of the people

• The governor of each state represents the people in Washington D.C.

• There is only a president and no house of representatives

In which form of government does ONE leader have absolute power and holds no responsibility to the will of the people.

• A republic

• A Democracy

• A Dictatorship

• A monarchy