Unit 1 Foundations of Government Review

In a ________ system of government, power is centralized.

• constitutional

• parliamentary

• unitary

• devolutionary

What form of government was ruled by all citizens?

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

• Direct Democracy

Which system of government is represented by the illustration in the center of the graphic?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Totalitarian

• Confederal

This philosopher proposed that separation of powers and checks and balances would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of a government.

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Locke

Which of these would not take place in an authoritarian system of government?

• Local political officials take order from national officials.

• Government leaders decide what jobs people may have.

• Government leaders dictate what will be taught in schools.

• Political parties compete in election for control of the government.

Which type of government listed in this chart best describes the government established by the U.S. Constitution?

• a dictatorship

• a monarchy

• a republic

• a theocracy

An oligarchy can best be described as a government that is ruled by

• a king.

• the people

• a small elite.

• religious leaders.

Which of the following best describe the form of government of the United States.

• direct democracy

• military democracy

• constitutional democracy

• representative democracy

The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the states is called

• federalism

• nationalism

• syndicalism

• parliamentary

How are parliamentary and presidential democracies different?

• There is no separation of executive and legislative powers in presidential democracies than in parliamentary democracies.

• There is more separation of executive and legislative power in parliamentary democracies than in presidential democracies.

• In presidential democracies, citizens elect the leader of the government. In parliamentary democracies, citizens do not have the right to vote

• In parliamentary democracies, citizens elect the leaders of the government. In presidential democracies, citizens do not have the right to vote.