Government Unit 1 Philosophy of Government

Level I
1. Be able to define the following terms:

Resolve Social Conflicts Maintain Public Order Protection Stabilize

the Economy
Provide Public Services Autocracy Dictatorship Totalitarianism
Monarchy Direct Democracy Unitary Confederate
Federal Representative Democracy Enlightenment
Aristocracy
Theocracy Socialism Parliament Magna Carta
Limited Government Social Contract Separation of Powers
Power Authority Legitimacy Sovereignty

2. Be able to list the five purposes of government.

3. Be able to explain how Enlightenment ideas influenced the creation of the US

government.

4. Be able to match the works that inspired the creation of our government with the ideas
they promoted.

5. Be able to describe the differences between a Federal, Unitary, and Confederate

organizational system.

6. Be able to list characteristics of government.

7. Be able to match types of government with their descriptions.

8. Be able to list roles citizens play within the government

Level II

9. Be able to provide examples of the government fulfilling the purposes for which it is
created.

10.Be able to list advantages and disadvantages of both a Direct Democracy and a
Representative Democracy.

11.Be able to describe the difference between Autocracies and Democracies.

12.Be able to express the influence of the Enlightenment on political philosophy.

13.Be able to characterize the traits that make a government succeed or fail.