Unit 2: Government Review

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Who has the power in a democracy?

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The people

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What's the main difference between representative and direct democracy?

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In a representative democracy, people elect others to make laws on their behalf. In a direct democracy, people vote on laws themselves.

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What are two types of government where one person has total and unlimited power?

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Absolute Monarchy and Dictatorship

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Which two forms of government could NOT be combined in a country? A. Representative Democracy and Direct Democracy, B. Theocracy and Representative Democracy, C. Representative Democracy and Dictatorship, D. Oligarchy and Representative Democracy

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Representative Democracy and Dictatorship

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Which statement is NOT true about BOTH an Absolute Monarchy and a Dictatorship? Options: A. A king or queen is the leader, B. One person is the ruler, C. One person has total and unlimited power, D. Citizens do not have many rights (if they have any at all)

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A king or queen is the leader

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A Theocracy is the rule of how many people?

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A Theocracy can include the rule of one, a few/small group, or the rule of all

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This is the term for the absence of government.

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Anarchy

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A government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority is a/an

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Theocracy

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Which form of government is MOST concerned with equality of citizens and aims to eliminate social classes entirely?

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Communism

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King Henry VIII could do whatever he wanted as the King of England in the 1500s, including forcing his people to break with the Catholic Church and beheading two of his own wives. He could do these things, because he was:

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an Absolute Monarch