Asia Government Milestones Review

In a unitary government system, most of the power is in the hands of the

• individual voters
• local governments
• central government
• central and local governments

In a confederation government system, most of the power is in the hands of the

• individual voters
• local governments
• central government
• central and local government

Which organization could be considered an example of a confederation form of government?

• the Diet of Japan
• the Indian National Congress
• the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• the Assembly to the People's Republic of China

How is government power handled in a federal form of government?

• The king makes most of the important decisions.
• Power is shared among different levels of government.
• A central committee makes all of the political decisions.
• The local government has more power than the national government

Which Asian country could be described as an autocracy?

• India 
• Japan
• South Korea
• North Korea

Which Asian country could be described as an oligarchy?

• India
• Japan
• China
• South Korea

Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

• Kings are always poor rulers.
• The voters get to choose the people who make the laws.
• All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments.
• The voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders

Which Asian countries have democratic systems of government?

• India and Japan
• China and Vietnam
• China and South Korea
• North Korea and China

Which branch of government is responsible for making and carrying out the laws in a parliamentary system of government?

• courts
• monarch
• president
• legislature

Which branch of government makes the laws in a presidential system of government?

• president
• legislature
• national courts
• both the president and the legislature together