Government Unit 1 Test

Which system of government is an indirect form of democracy, placing political decision making at least one step away from the people?

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

What does an authoritarian regime become at its most extreme?

• republic

• totalitarian

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

Which system of government is largely an American invention?

• Federal

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Oligarchy

The executive and legislative branches of government are fused in which type of government?

• Presidential

• federal

• republican

• parliamentary

In a presidential system, the president is in charge of the

• Executive Branch

• upper house of the legislature.

• regional legislatures.

• national court system.

The people are the ultimate source of authority in which governmental system?

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• republic

• oligarchy

Which form of government has been the most common throughout world history?

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

In an oligarchy, who runs the government?

• dictator

• elected officials

• monarch

• small group of people

The form of government in which one person controls most of the governing decisions is a(n)

• autocracy

• republic

• monarch

• direct democracy

Which of the following describes a confederal system?

• Power is concentrated in a central government.

• The central government has only the powers given to it by the states.

• Regional governments carry out decisions made by the central government.

• All levels of government share power.