American Government-Chapter 1-2

The form of government in which a single person holds unlimited power:

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed, elite:

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Unitary

A centralized government in which a single person holds unlimited power:

• Unitary

• Federal

• Oligarchy

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

What is a dictatorship?

• An authoritarian form of government

• A government whose rule can be held accountable to the people

• A government where the executive branch is made up of the prime minister and that official's cabinet

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

• dictatorship

• confederation

• democracy

What are the two types of democratic governments?

• free and limited

• American and European

• Direct and Indirect

A direct democracy is also know as:

• a pure democracy

• a representative democracy

• utopia