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types of government
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anarchy | rule of one |
| autocracy | rule of none |
| absolute monarchy | like a dictator but call themselves kings and queens |
| democracy | rule of many |
| direct democracy | people vote on laws directly |
| representative democracy | people elect reps. to vote on their behalf |
| state of nature | ideas of how people lived before governments were created |
| social contract | agreement that created governments |
| Hobbes | thought state of nature was war against all life was nasty, brutish and short. |
| Locke | thought the state of nature was messy and peoples rights were often violated |