Unit 1:Foundations of Government

Which is a common characteristic of a dictatorship?

• Concern for the rights and liberties of the people

• Frequent and open elections

• Power lies in the hands of a single person or group

This man’s writings influenced the American Representative Democracy by emphasizing that people had natural rights and to protect these rights government should be limited. If these rights are violated by the government there are grounds for rebellion.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

The style of government where a few leaders rule is called?

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

A ______ is an indirect form of democracy that places political decision making at least one step away from the people using elected representatives.

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

Government by the consent of the governed is called

• public policy

• democracy

• popular sovereignty

• self-perpetuating autocracy

In a democracy, where does the ultimate power come from?

• the dictator

• the police

• the people

• representatives

John Locke believed these people had these type of right?

• No Rights

• Freedom Rights

• Natural Rights

• Unnatural Rights

According to John Locke what must the government do with people's rights?

• Get rid of them

• Protect Them

• Get Over them

John Locke inspired the writing of this important document by Thomas Jefferson

• US Constitution

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

Rousseau believed in the idea of what for the government?

• Majority Rule

• Dictatorship

• Nobody Votes