Unit 3 Government Review

Government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. EXAMPLE: Turkey.

• Democracy
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

A system of government in which the president is elected by the citizens and is constitutionally independent of the legislature. 

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy

A system of government where the real executive power is vested in a cabinet, which is made up of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature. May have a Prime Minister elected by the legislature. EXAMPLE: Israel.

• Presidential democracy 
• Parliamentary democracy 
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy

What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

• A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.
• A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.
• A Prime Minister has more power than a President.
• A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.

How are a democracy, oligarchy, and autocracy DIFFERENT? 

• the sharing of power between the different levels of government
• the election of the three branches of government 
• the role of the citizen 
• the law making process

What type of government is a constitutional monarchy? 

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

What type of government is a dictatorship? 

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Monarchy

What type of government is a republic? 

• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Democracy

What type of government is an absolute monarchy? 

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy 
• Democracy

What kind of government has the MOST citizen participation? 

• Democratic
• Autocratic
• Oligarchic
• Dictatorship