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Government Review
Review of Government types and features
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are three reasons we have government? | to keep order, to protect lives, to safeguard property |
| What is an absolute monarchy? | where a king or queen has total control over the nation and all who live there. |
| What is divine right? | The king or queens power comes directly from God. |
| What is a Constitutional Monarchy? | Where a king or queen is ruling, but the power is held by elected officials, like a prime minister, who must follow a written constitution. |
| What is a dictatorship? | Government controlled by a single leader or a small group of people who have absolute power with no limits. Leader does not answer to the people. |
| What are elections like in a dictatorship? | They are not legitimate, if they even exist. They are manipulated by the people in charge so they can get the results they want, not necessarily what the people want. |
| How are people controlled in a dictatorship? | By power or force, threats, severe punishments, and possibly secret police. |
| What is a democracy? | Where the government gets its power from the consent of the people. Ultimate power is in the hands of the people. |
| How are leaders chosen in a democracy? | They have the power to vote on their government officials. If they do not like the way a person rules, they can be voted out the next election. |
| What is a direct democracy? | This is usually found in small nations, as every person votes on every single issue. Often in small populations too. |
| What is a representative democracy? | Where people elect an official who does their voting for them, often in larger population nations because people cannot vote for every single issue that arrises. |
| What is a theocracy? | A government operated under divine rule where God or a god/goddess is in charge and the rulers are carrying out the will of the God/god/goddess. |
| What is an example of a theocracy? | Ancient Egypt |
| What is an example of a representative democracy? | The United States of America |
| What is an example of a dictatorship? | North Korea - the people have no control over what they have access to, and are very removed from the rest of the world. |
| What is an example of a monarchy? | Great Britain/England (Prince William, Queen Elizabeth, etc) |
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