Unit 1 Review - Government

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Representative Democracy

Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Anarchy

Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.

• Constitutional Monarchy
• President
• Dictator
• Republic

 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation

• Dictatorship
• Totalitarian
• Monarchy
• Liberty

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

Government which controls every aspect of public and private life. 

• Republic
• Totalitarian
• Theocracy
• Democracy

Example: Saddam Hussein

• Supreme Leader
• Pope
• Dictator
• Monarch

Example: Puritan leaders helped govern the colony of Massachusetts in the early colonial era.

• Republic
• Theocracy
• Dictator
• Governor

Why was King John forced to sign the Magna Carta?

• to increase the power of the monarchy
• to end taxation in England
• to force the monarchy to give up power
• to weaken the power of nobles

Which king was "forced" to sign the Magna Carta in 1215?`

• King James
• King John
• King Louis
• King Henry