Montesquieu believed that government power should be divided between different branches, much like the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in the united states. he believed that this division promoted liberty and justice. what else does the separation of powers do?
a) it prevents one branch from gaining too much power.
b)it stops each branch from dominating the others.
c)it makes sure that there is no overlap between the work of the branches.
d)it facilitates cooperation between the branches.

The correct answer is A) It prevents one branch from gaining too much power.

The creation of different branches in the government ensures that no one branch becomes tyrannical. This is evident in the US government.

In the federal government we have the judicial, legislative, and executive branches. The judicial branch can check the power of the legislative and executive branch by striking down laws that are unconstitutional. The executive branch can check the power of the legislative branch by vetoing any laws they pass. The legislative branch can check the power of the executive branch by overriding a veto by a 2/3 majority vote.

All of the aforementioned scenarios shows that there are several different obstacles preventing one group from gaining too much power.

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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