Systems of Government

The national government and local government share power in a Federal system

• True
• False

Ways government systems distribute power: Unitary

• Local government holds all the power
• National government holds all the power
• Federal holds all the political power
• USA is a unitary system

Power is shared between national and local governments

• Confederation
• Unitary
• Federal
• Oligarchy

Central government holds all the power

• Confederation
• Unitary
• Federal
• Oligarchy

When only a small group of (few) people make all the decisions in the government

• Confederation
• Unitary
• Federal
• Oligarchy

Which form of government has one ruler with unlimited power? 

• socialism 
• oligarchy 
• democracy 
• autocracy 

Unitary and Federal governments have what in common? 

• political leaders are elected by people 
• a small group holds power
• strong central government holds all power
• government controls the economy 

The United States of America has which form and system of government? 

• communism and unitary 
• socialism and parlimentary 
• representative democracy and federal 
• direct democracy and confederal 

How does federal government and confederal government compare? 

• federal and confederal are forms of democracy 
• federal and confederal are forms of communism 
• confederal and federal are controled by a small group
• confederal and federal have strong central governments 

Where is power centered in a unitary system? 

• central government
• military 
• state government 
• dictator