Foundations of Government

Government with supreme or absolute authority/power.

• Democracy

• Nation

• Sovereignty

• Embargo

A system of government in which power is in the hands of one person who has total/complete control.

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

Which one is NOT one of the 4 main roles of governments?

• Keep Order

• Enrich Elected Officials

• Protect the Country

• Help Citizens

A government in which voters elect representatives to govern

• Nation

• State

• Democracy

• Republic

A system of government in which the government has total control.

• Totalitarian

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

Government in which the people rule.

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Democracy

Government where leadership is passed to a single person through family bloodline (born into power).

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Power is held by an individual or group not accountable to the people.

• Authoritarian

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

What are rights that all humans share (life, liberty, property)?

• natural rights

• sovereignty

• territory

• tabula rasa

The group of people who are members of a state.

• sovereignty

• population

• government

• legitimacy