Systems of Government EOC

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Where is power concentrated in a unitary system of government?

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Central Government

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What system of government was in place after the United States adopted the U.S. Constitution?

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federal

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Key words to describe a Federal system are: Shared, Absolute, Ruled by one, Confederal

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Shared

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the states had most of the power. This system of government was: Parliamentary, Federal, Confederal, Unitary

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Confederal

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Which description best describes a confederal system of government?

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Having sovereign states loosely connected by a central government

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Why is the first national government of the United States called a confederation?

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States were relatively independent and had more power than the central government.

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When a country is made up of local, state and national government sharing powers, it is considered

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federal

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Authoritarian government forms such as absolute monarchies and dictatorships use which kind of system? Options: Federal, Confederal, Unitary, Parliamentary

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Unitary

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What is a key characteristic of a federal system of government?

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Shared power between national and state governments

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Which system of government is characterized by a strong central authority and limited regional power?

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Unitary