FORMS OF GOVERNMENT QUIZ

What is a government?

• A group of people that exercise executive authority in an effort to improve the lives of the citizens within a state or community

• A system by which a state or community is controlled

• An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• A system to protect people’s inalienable rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness

What is the form of government established by the United States Constitution?

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Representative democracy

• Oligarchy

What form of government is controlled by a single ruler who assumes total control, often by force?

• Republic

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

What form of government is characterized as having the least central control and authority?

• Monarchy

• Confederation

• Aristocracy

• Dictatorship

What form of government transmits authority according to the rules of heredity?

• Democracy

• Communism

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

What form of government places all power in a small group of individuals or a few prominent families?

• Oligrachy

• Democracy

• Communism

• Dictatorship

What political and economic doctrine advocates for a stateless, classless society, with collective ownership of all property?

• Capitalism

• Anarchism

• Communism

• Socialism

What form of government rules according to divine will as interpreted by religious leaders?

• Republic

• Theocracy

• Utilitarianism

• Anarchy

What is a common motivation for the creation and ratification of a constitution?

• To formally map out the power structures of the government

• To establish the basic rule of law

• To provide a framework for law enforcement

• All of the above

What form of government requires citizens to vote on all government actions?

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Socialism

• Communism