8th Grade Final Exam Review

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Match the Type of Government with its definition: A government in which all the powers are held by a central agency which then gives out the remainder of the powers to local government for its own convenience: ____________

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Unitary

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Match the Type of Government with its definition: A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group: ____________

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Oligarchy

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Match the Type of Government with its definition: A government in which the president is directly elected by the people: ____________

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Presidential

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A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power: ____________

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Autocracy

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Match the Type of Government with its definition: The supreme political authority rest with the people and the citizens themselves: ____________

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Democracy

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An alliance of independent states: ____________

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Confederation

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Match the Type of Government with its definition: A government in which the legislative branch elects the president: ____________

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Parliamentary

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Match the Theory with its definition: God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule: ____________

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Divine Right Theory

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Match the Theory with its definition: One person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within to submit to that person’s or group’s rule: ____________

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Force Theory

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Match the Theory with its definition: Claims the state developed naturally out of the earliest group unit, the family: ____________

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Evolutionary Theory