🌎👑W.H3 Unit: Liberal Democracy vs Authoritarian Dictatorships

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.

• Karl Marx

• John Locke

• Adam Smith

Which of the following theories has most heavily influenced democratic governments?

• Social Contract

• Force

• Divine Right

• Evolution

Rule of the people, in which citizens get to participate in the decision-making processes of the government, is known as __________________.

• aristocracy
• monarchy
• democracy
• anarchy

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

______ are the political rights held by groups who make up less than half of the population.

• Self-government

• Rule of Law

• Majority Rights

• Minority Rights

How does an illiberal democracy differ from a liberal democracy?

• illiberal democracies do not protect civil liberties
• only liberal democracies have competitive elections
• liberal democracies do not protect civil rights
• illiberal democracies are substantive democracies

Who said life was "cruel, brutish, and short"?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Vladimir Lennon

• Aristotle

Rule by one person.

• democracy

• oligarchy

• autocracy

• plutocracy

In which form of government do individuals have the most freedom?

• autocracy

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy