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

Who has the most power in a unitary system?

• Local gov.
• Central gov.
• Regional gov.
• State gov.

Which of the following describes a unitary system of government? 

•  a country in which the central government holds all the power
• independent legislatures in several provinces 
• the United States under the Articles of Confederation
• a federal arrangement of central government and states 

Which system of government places most governmental power with a group of states or localities with little or no power placed in the national government? 

• Confederal
• Theocracy
• Unitary
• Federal

Which of the following statements best describes a confederal system?

• State governments have the most power. 
• The people have the most power. 
• City governments have the most power
• International associations have the most power

The leader of a parliamentary system is called the

• king
• president
• prime minister
• monarch

Which type of government selects its executive leadership from the majority party in the legislature?

• Unitary
• Federal
• Confederal
• Parliamentary

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

• voters
• local government
• central government
• local and central