Foundations of American Government

A ____ is the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government.

• Constitution
• Legislative Branch
• Declaration
• Federal Government

____ is the power to make law and frame public policies.

• Executive Power
• Judicial Power
• Legislative Power
• Government Power

A ____, often described as a centralized government, is one in which all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency.

• Parliamentary Government
• Unitary Government
• Presidential Government
• Federal Government

Under a system of ____, the government must resign if defeated by the legislature on an important issue.

• Presidential Government
• Unitary Government
• Federal Government
• Parliamentary Government

Independent states that agree to form a(n) ____ may still retain their separate identities.

• State
• Confederation
• Democracy
• Federal Government

The structure of a ____ requires that power be divided between a state's central and local levels of government.

• Confederation
• Federal Government
• State
• Democracy

Population, territory, government, and sovereignty are the defining characteristics of a _______________. 

• Autocracy
• State
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people" describes a system of government in which the people are sovereign.

• True 
• False

In a dictatorship supreme authority rests solely with the people.

• True 
• False

Every state is oligarchy because it has absolute power within its territory and can determine its own foreign and domestic policies.

• True 
• False