American Government-Chapter 1

A form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments:

• Unitary

• Federal

• Autocracy

A form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate, independent and coequal:

• Confederation

• Federal

• Presidential

A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister or premier and that official's cabinet:

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Federal

If the political power rests with a majority of the people, then the government is a...

• dictatorship

• confederation

• democracy

What is the key characteristic of a Federal Government?

• central government control

• national government and states are co-equal partners

• local governments have all the power

An alliance which delegates some of its powers to a central government is called a:

• confederation

• colony

• union

The closest thing to a confederation that exists today is:

• Canada

• The European Union

• Australia

An example of presidential government is:

• Germany

• The United States of America

• United Kingdom

In a parliamentary government the head of state is the:

• President

• Dictator

• Prime Minister

In a Democracy, a majority of the people will be right more often than they are wrong, and will be right more often than any one person or small group. This is called:

• compromise

• majority rule

• minority rights