CIVICS: UNIT 1 KEY TERMS

When people live in a situation without man-made government, rules, or laws, it is called:

• Reward power

• Coercive power

• State of nature

• Expert power

What is an agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed called?

• Social contract

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

Which belief states that ultimate power resides in the people?

• Popular sovereignty

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

What is a government ruled by a king or queen called?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

What is a system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

What is a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and rules by force?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

What is a government ruled by a few powerful people called?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

What is a government run by religious leaders called?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

What is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

What is a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives?

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy