Philosophies of government

Question 1

Democracy

Answer 1

The people decide

Question 2

Autocracy

Answer 2

One person decides

Question 3

Dictatorship

Answer 3

Ruler decides with violence

Question 4

Absolute monarchy

Answer 4

King or queen “chosen by God”

Question 5

Constitutional monarchy

Answer 5

King or queen shares power with an elected group

Question 6

Republic

Answer 6

The people elect their leaders

Question 7

Socialism

Answer 7

The workers decide

Question 8

Communism

Answer 8

The community decides and owns everything together

Question 9

Anarchism

Answer 9

No government

Question 10

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 10

Leviathan - government should have the power of a monster

Question 11

Huang Zongxi

Answer 11

Prime minister - Elected advisor to the emperor/ king

Question 12

King Louis XIV

Answer 12

Divine right - King is chosen by God

Question 13

King Osei Kofi Tutu I

Answer 13

Council of elders - wise people who advise the King

Question 14

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Answer 14

Social contract - the government can only rule with consent of the people

Question 15

Alice Dewasenta

Answer 15

Clan mothers - wise women who choose the chiefs

Question 16

Mary Wollstonecraft

Answer 16

Women’s suffrage - the right to vote for women

Question 17

Simón Bolívar

Answer 17

National independence - No country should be ruled over by another country