unit 1 test review - Foundations of Government

Which are characteristics of a state?

• population

• territory

• government

• sovereignty

Which are the components of government? (the 3 Ps)

• privacy

• people

• power

• policy

The US had this type of govt. in its early days.

• federal

• confederal

• unitary

• republican

This principle is shown when people vote, serve on jury duty, and obey laws.

• worth of the individual

• rule of law

• compromise

• citizen participation

this type of system has the legislative and executive branch together

• presidential

• parliamentary

• confederal

• unitary

What is a prime minister?

• person in charge of executive branch

• person in charge of parliament

• person in charge of judicial branch

• person in charge of president

This type has a separation between the legislative and executive branches.

• parliament

• presidential

• unitary

• confederal

Direct democracy is

• people come together to discuss and make laws

• people vote for representatives to make decisions for them

• people give all the power to the executive branch

• people take all the power away from the executive branch

A republic is

• system with all the people getting together to make all decisions

• system with people choosing representatives to make decisions for them

• system that gives all power to the executive branch

• system that gives all power to the legislative branch

Montesquieu wrote

• Two Treaties of Government and believed people were bad

• Divine Right and believed people were all good and selfless

• Spirit of Laws and believed government powers should be split into branches

• Spirit of Laws and believed government should be an absolute monarchy