Intro to Government

A government in which all the powers are held by a central agency which then gives out the remainder of the powers to local government for its own convenience

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Unitary

• Parlimentary

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

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Confederation

• Democracy

A government in which the president is directly elected by the people

• Confederation

• Kruseocracy

• Oligarchy

• Presidential

A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

• Unitary

• Autocracy

• Parlimentary

• Presidential

The supreme political authority rest with the people and the citizens themselves

• Democracy

• Confederation

• Autocracy

• Peopleocracy

An alliance of independent states

• Unitary

• Parlimentary

• Confederation

• National Football League

Out of these, the best example of an oligarchy is

• China

• United States

• General Motors

• Africa

Government

• Provides order

• Prevents chaos

• Is an institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies

• All of the above

Democracy requires all of the following to prosper EXCEPT

• A large, powerful upper class

• Public schools

• Network of social services

• Citizen participation in civic life

An autocracy may consist of

• A dictator

• A king, queen or emperor

• A & B

• None of the above