Civics Unit 1

Front

Type of government where citizens elect leaders to represent them in government

Back

Representative democracy

Front

Type of government where citizens vote on ALL major decisions

Back

Direct democracy

Front

Government where one person rules a country by force and is often self-appointed

Back

Dictatorship

Front

A government where citizens have decision-making power

Back

Democracy

Front

Government where the legislative branch chooses head of executive branch

Back

Parliamentary democracy

Front

Citizens vote for both the legislative branch and the head of the executive branch.

Back

Presidential democracy

Front

What is one disadvantage of a direct democracy?

Back

Decision-making can be slow.

Front

Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?

Back

Rousseau

Front

Which enlightenment thinker believed that a strong government is needed to keep order?

Back

Hobbes

Front

Which thinker introduced the idea of separation of powers for effective government?

Back

Montesquieu