Basics of Government

When one person is in charge.

• Anarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

In some Greek city-states, citizens acted as judges and were involved in lawmaking. This is called...

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

When a country has a strong central government and smaller local governments that are run through the central government, this is called a...

• Confederal System

• Federal System

• Parliamentary System

• Unitary System

Which branch of U.S. Government is able to declare war?

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Parliament

The Articles of Confederation, which originally gave the states all the power in the U.S., would be giving the U.S. what system of government?

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Federal System

• Parliamentary System

A type of government where means of economic production is shared by all people who contribute to the economy by working is called...

• Socialism

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

The system of government where both national and state governments share power is called...

• Confederal Systems

• Federal Systems

• Unitary Systems

• Parliamentary Systems

In Russia, a group of wealthy merchants and executives are in control of most decisions and governmental powers. This is known as...

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Anarchy

The President of the United States is considered to be part of which branch of government?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

• Litigate

Which branch of government has the power to determine if laws violate the Constitution?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Parliament