4.1 Pre-Assessment

What is government?

Guess the word!

Definition: A government that recognizes God or a divine 

being as the ultimate authority

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

Guess the word!

Definition: A government in which one person has all the 

power. There are two main types: a monarchy 

and a dictatorship. 

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

Guess the word!

Definition: A small group of people has all 

the power.

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

Guess the word!

Definition: Citizens hold the political power.

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

Guess the word!

Definition: Nobody is in control—or everyone is, depending on how 

 you look at it.

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

Why do we have government?

What is a social contract?

• When everyone had rights to everything, with lots of fighting, no protections, and no security.

• An agreement between its citizens.

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

• A supreme leader or possessing ultimate power

What are the "natural rights"?

• When everyone had rights to everything, with lots of fighting, no protections, and no security.

• An agreement between its citizens.

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

• A supreme leader or possessing ultimate power

What is the state of nature?

• When everyone had rights to everything, with lots of fighting, no protections, and no security.

• An agreement between its citizens.

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

• A supreme leader or possessing ultimate power