Systems of Government

The table below compares the parliamentary and presidential forms of government.
Which statement completes the table?

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

Which system of government selects its executive leadership from the majority party in the legislature?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederal

• Parliamentary

Where is power concentrated in a unitary system of government?

• central government

• state

  government

• dictator

• military

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

• confederal

• federal

• unitary

• parliamentary

Which title completes the table?

• Parliamentary Government

• Confederal Government

• Federal Government

• Unitary Government

Which title completes the table?

• Parliamentary Government

• Confederal Government

• Federal Government

• Unitary Government

How is a Parliamentary System of government different from a Presidential System?

• In a Parliamentary system the legislative branch chooses the executive, not the people

• In a Presidential system the president or executive is chosen by the legislative branch

• In a Parliamentary System, the Parliament is only one house, not two

• The Parliamentary System gives more power to the people to influence laws

Why did the original U.S. government have a confederal form of government?

• the national government wanted to share powers with the states governments

• the states did not want to give too much power to the central government

• they didn’t trust the state governments

• the British forced them to

Which of the following describes a unitary system of government?

• a country in which the central government holds all the power

• a federal arrangement of central government and states

• the United States under the Articles of Confederation

• independent legislatures in several provinces