Forms of Govt. in SW Asia (SS7CG3)

In a dictatorship, sovereignty (authority/power) rests with

• The People

• The Legislature (Lawmakers)

• A Single Leader

• The Courts

A system of government in which all power is held by a single, centralized level of government is called a

• Direct Democracy

• Unitary System

• Federal System

• Parliamentary Democracy

Which of the following most accurately describes the United States' system of government?

• Autocratic

• Presidential

• Confederal

• Parliamentary

In federalism, the power to govern is...

• Shared between the central and lower governments

• Only concentrated with the national government

• Only concentrated with the lower governments

• Nonexistent

An alliance of independent states that delegates power to a central government is known as a

• Confederation

• Constitutional Republic

• Thocracy

• Socialism

Which of the following is a form of government made up of an executive branch headed by a prime minister chosen by the legislative branch and that official’s cabinet?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Oligarchy

In democratic governments, people rule...

• ...directly or through elected officials

• ...through a clergy (religious leader)

• ...through a monarch

• ...through a small group of wealthy elites

A system of government with a monarch whose power is limited by the law is a

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Theocracy

The democratic form of government in which the lawmaking body and executive body are separated is known as a

• Presidential System

• Parliamentary System

• Theocratic System

• Oligarchic System

People experience complete freedom when there is no government and a state of lawlessness exists. The is referred to as

• Anarchy

• Communism

• Autocracy

• Beauracratism