Systems of Government

Who has the most power in a unitary system?

• Local gov.
• Central gov.
• Regional gov.
• State gov.

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• Confederal gov.
• Parliamentary gov.
• Federal gov.
• Unitary gov.

Which of the following describes a unitary system of government? 

•  a country in which the central government holds all the power
• independent legislatures in several provinces 
• the United States under the Articles of Confederation
• a federal arrangement of central government and states 

Which system of government places most governmental power with a group of states or localities with little or no power placed in the national government? 

• Confederal
• Theocracy
• Unitary
• Federal

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• The Prime Minster is chosen by the President.
• The Prime Minster is directly elected by the voters. 
• The Prime Minster is chosen by the monarch. 
• The Prime Minster is chosen by a majority of the Members of Parliament

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

• Oligarchy
• Confederal
• Federal
• Parliamentary

Which of the following statements best describes a confederal system?

• State governments have the most power. 
• The people have the most power. 
• City governments have the most power
• International associations have the most power

Which system of government being described in this quote:
"But as the plan of the [Constitutional] convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the state governments would clearly retain all of the rights of sovereignty which they had before, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to the United States."
--Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper No. 32

• Unitary
• Federal
• Parliamentary
• Confederal

What type of government does the following list describe?    There is one ruler.  The ruler usually inherited power.  The ruler passed on leadership to his son.

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Tyranny

The word democracy means:

• rule of one
• rule by few
• rule by the people
• rule by the wealthy