Government and Politics

Rule by a person with absolute power; a dictatorship

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

Both sides in a dispute give up something in order to resolve a conflict

• Constitution

• Compromise

• Consent of the Governed

The people/group that make rules for a society

• Constitution

• Social Contract

• Government

The idea that legitimate governments get their power from the approval of the people

• Consent of the Governed

• Natural Rights

• Oligarchy

a type of government in which the people rule through elected representatives who are bound by the law

• Direct Democracy

• Constitution

• Republic

A written plan or "rule book" for government

• State of Nature

• Democracy

• Constitution

A form of government in which citizens are involved in the day-to-day work of governing

• Direct Democracy

• Unalienable

• Autocracy

The idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Unalienable

Rule by a select few

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

An agreement in which people give up unlimited freedom in exchange for protection and order from a government

• Republic

• Social Contract

• State of Nature