Unit 1 Test Foundations of Government

All the power is held by one single centralized agency.

• dictatorship

• unitary

• confederal

• federal

A loose union or alliance of independent states that only handles what the states assign to it.

• Dictatorship

• Federal

• Confederal

• Unitary

Powers of government are shared, although not equally, between a central government and state or local governmetns

• dictatorship

• unitary

• federal

• confederal

Which of the following is not a level of government?

• local

• state

• federal (national)

• legislative

Which of the following is not a branch of government?

• Federal

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

Which document outlines the powers of the federal government of the United States

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• The US Constitution

• The Articles of the Confederation

System of government in which the power of rule is unlimited.

• Federal

• Unitary

• Authoritarian

• Democratic

Form of government in which the power of rule is unlimited and in the hands of a single person.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Federal

• Unitary

Form of government in which the rule of power is unlimited but in the hands of a small self appointed elite.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

When a military leader seizes control of the government and creates an authoritarian style of government, the citizens have......

• Unlimited rights

• No rights

• To become members of the free masons

• All of the above