WG14B DOL

What is the role of government according to the text?

• To protect lives, liberties, and property

• To expand territory

• To increase wealth

• To promote religion

What happens when a society overturns its monarchy?

• It becomes a republic.

• It becomes a dictatorship.

• It becomes a theocracy.

• It becomes an oligarchy.

What is the Greek meaning of the word "democracy"?

• Rule of the elite

• Power of the people

• Authority of the king

• Strength of the nation

What is the name of the elected national law-making body in the United States?

• Parliament

• Congress

• Senate

• Assembly

What is a dictatorship?

• A system where power is inherited

• A system where a single person or group exercises complete power

• A system where power is shared equally

• A system where power is based on wealth

What is a common way dictators come to power?

• Through democratic elections

• By seizing control by force

• By inheriting the position

• Through peaceful negotiations

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

What is a form of government ruled by one person who usually seized power through unlawful means?

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

A _____ is a type of government in which people elect leaders to govern them.

• republic

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• democracy

"a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god." Is a definition for which form of government?

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship