Government Unit 1

Identification of the types of government can differ based on which of the following?

• Geographic Distribution of power

• Level of citizen participation

• Roles of the Executive

• All of the above

A centralized government where all of the powers are held by one, single, central agency is known as ______

• Federal

• Unitary

• Confederate

• None of these

A government in which power is divided between a central government and several lower levels is a _____ government.

• Federal

• Confederate

• Unitary

• None of these

Government organized as a collection of independent nations/states under a single central government is a ____

• Confederate

• Unitary

• Federal

• Dictatorship

Governments where supreme power rests with the people who give their consent and participate are known as _____

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

Power held in the hands of a small group of people who run the government can be called?

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

If one person holds ALL the power of government, this is known as _____?

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Terroracracy

• Democracy

Which factor below determines who the executive will be in a Parliamentary system?

• The person who wins the majority of electoral votes.

• The political party that wins a majority of seats in parliamentary election

• The person who wins the greatest number of popular votes of the citizens.

• The candidate who is the most popular and runs the best campaign.

Which item below Best describes a direct democracy?

• It is easily implemented on a national level.

• Massive citizen participation happens often in political events.

• The title of a country will have People’s Democracy in it.

• Citizens vote in every election to select office-holders.

In a representative democracy/republic _____

• Every legal citizen will be considered a lawful voter in elections.

• Citizens will meet regularly to vote on important local issues

• The legislature of the government will have elected representatives.

• The nation will have a regularly elected chief executive.