Foundations of Government

Form of democracy where all voters gather to make laws and take action

• direct democracy
• dictatorship
• declaration

Form of democracy where the people elect representatives to do the work of government

• constitution
• theocracy
• representative democracy

A confederacy is a

• group of dissidents
• loose union of independent states
• an organized mob
• anarchy

Democracy by definition is rule

• by majority
• by Kings or Queens
• by a small select group
• by the people

A system of government where a small group of elites hold power is a ____.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy
• Democracy

In which type of democracy is the prime minister the head of Government?

• autocratic democracy

• federal democracy

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

In which type of government is power shared among different levels of government?

• confederal

• democracy

• federal

• unitary

In which type of government does the national (central) government hold all of the power?

• confederation

• democracy

• federation

• unitary

Population, government, territory, and sovereignty are necessary for a population to be considered a __________.

• territory

• land mass

• state

• leviathan

What is the ability to rule absolutely within a territory?

• government
• territory
• ruler
• sovereignty