Foundations of Government - Unlimited and Limited Governments

Question 1

unlimited government

Answer 1

• no restraint on government, power can be abused
• oligarchy: a system of government in which a small group holds power (militarily)
• socialism: economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production, distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as health care and welfare
• communism: central government directs all major economic decisions
• autocracy: government where power authority to rule are in the hands of a single individual
• totalitarian (dictatorship): the ideas of a single leader are gloried; government seeks to control all aspects of social and economic life
• monarchies: a king, queen or emperor exercise supreme powers of government

Question 2

limited government

Answer 2

• government cannot act without people’s say
• democracies: government in which the people rule
• republic - government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise power
• constitutional government: the powers of the person or group in charge are limited by a constitution
• capitalism: laissez-faire economic system which means the government does not interfere with production and selling of goods