Foundations of Government 1

Who said: Many forms of gov't have been tried and will be tried in the world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of gov't except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. 

• Winston Churchill

• Justin Trudeau

Autocracy

• complete power over almost everything, most use military force to gain and keep power, elections are carefully controlled

• a small usually self-appointed elite

• a single person holds unlimited political power

• the will of the people is not taken into consideration and is not accountable for its policies

Define Legislative

• execute, enforce and administer law

• interprets law, determines meaning and settles disputes

• makes laws and frames public policy

a small usually self-appointed elite

• Dictatorship

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Totalitarian

This person has complete power over almost everything, most use military force to gain and keep power, elections are carefully controlled

• Dictatorship

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Totalitarian

This type of government has an executive that is made up of the prime minister or premier

• Parliamentary

• Presidental

• Totalitarian

• Autocracy

When the will of the people is not taken into consideration and is not accountable for its policies

• Dictatorship

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Totalitarian

Who said: No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much. 

• James Bryce

• James Locke

This type of government features a separation between executive & legislative branches. 
- they are independent of each other & coequal. 
- U.S. created this form of go

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary

• Dictatorship

• Presidental

An alliance of independent states, limited power to defense & foreign affairs

• Federal

• Monarchy

• Unitary

• Confederation