Government Ch. 1 Quiz

An institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies

• congress

• government

• democracy

• state

Those things a government decides to do

• regulate

• autocracy

• public policy

• state

A type of government in which supreme authority rests with the majority of the PEOPLE

• democracy

• autocracy

• constitution

• oligarchy

A group of people who live in a defined TERRITORY that is organize politically

• dictatorship

• autocracy

• public policy

• state

A type of government in which rulers are not held responsible to the will of the people

• dictatorship

• bureaucracy

• unitary

• state

In a presidential government, the legislative and executive branches are independent and coequal.

• True

• False

A ancient civilization that inspired modern American democracy

• Spain

• Ottoman Empire

• Rome

• China

In an autocracy, one single person has absolute power and is not held responsible to the will of the people.

• True

• False

The four characteristics of a state include government, sovereignty, territory and population.

• True

• False

The European Union is an example of a confederation government.

• True

• False