Quiz #2 - Systems of Government

In a confederation government system, most of the power is in the hands of the ____.

• legislature

• individual voters

• state government

• national government

Which country is an example of a federal system of government?

• Iran

• United States

• China

• Asia

The system of government in which the states have the most power is ____.

• Confederation

• Unitary

• Federal

Power is shared between national and state governments in this system of government.

• Confederate System

• Unitary System

• Federal System

In this system of government, the central government holds all the power.

• Confederate System

• Unitary System

• Federal System

A group of nation states formed a government in which each state retained control over its internal matters and gave almost no powers to the central government.

Which system of government was formed?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederate

• Authoritarian

• Democracy

In which system of government do states, cities, and counties have the least political power?

• Federal

• Unitary

• Confederate

• Democratic

Great Britain and Japan are examples of democratic countries with a strong, central government that makes laws for the entire nation and limits the power of local governments.

What form of government do these countries have?

• Authoritarian

• Confederation

• Federal

• Unitary

In the United States, the central government and the state governments share power.

Which of these terms best describes this type of government?

• Representative Democracy

• Federal System

• Confederate System

• Direct Democracy

Both the United States government and the California state government share the power to tax the citizens of California. This is an example of a ____ system.

• Confederate

• Federal

• Communist

• Unitary