Australia

___ --power is held by one central authority

• Unitary

• Confederation

• Federal

• Autocracy

___ association of independent states that agree to certain limitations on their freedoms by joining together

• Unitary

• Confederation

• Federal

• Democracy

___ power is divided between central authority & several regional authorities

• Unitary

• Confederation

• Federal

• Democracy

1 person possesses unlimited power & citizens have limited role in government

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Federal

small group exercises control & citizens have limited role in government

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Federal

• Democracy

supreme power is vested in the people & exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation involving free elections

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Federal

_____ Democracy– citizens elect members of Parliament, and then the members select the leader

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• PopRocks

• PopTarts

____ Democracy --system of government in which the leader is constitutionally independent of the legislature; citizens directly elect leader

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Pringles

• Papaya

Federation (federal system)

Constitutional Monarchy

Parliamentary Democracy

These terms could be used to describe:

• Canada

• Australia

• Germany

• Mexico

Australia has a federal system, which means that the national government and the state governments ____ power.

• share

• shack

• simmy

• sandwich