U.S. Government Unit 1 Review

What kind of government is the United States?

• Republic

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Monarchy

A State has the following properties:

1) People

2) Government

3) Territory

4) _________

• Common Ethnicity

• Solid, Liquid, Gas, or Plasma

• Power

• Part of the United States

Which type of government is "bottom up"?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederacy

• Oligarchy

Who holds executive power in a parliamentary system?

• The President

• The Supreme Court

• An army dude

• Parliament

Which type of government did the Constitution establish?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederacy

• Oligarcy

Which type of government did the U.S. have after the Revolution but before the Constitution?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederacy

• Oligarchy

What is Sovereignty?

• Being a king

• Holding supreme and total power

• Having a scepter

• Controlling the government

Who is sovereign in the United States?

• The President

• Congress

• The Three Branches together

• The People

What is compromise?

• One side getting what it wants

• Neither side getting what they want

• Each side giving the other something

• Buying stuff.

Which is a common feature of the State Constitutions?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Unicameral Legislature

• Bicameral Legislature

• Slavery