Unit 2 Review

Which of the following is true about the government of the United States

• Is both a Representative Democracy and Federal System of government.

• Is both a direct democracy and Unitary System of government

• Is both an Autocracy and Confederal

• Is  both a monarchy and a Federal System of government.

A government run by a few people is a______________________.

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Representative democracy 

In a confederation the local/state government holds more power than the central (national) government.

• True

• False

In a direct democracy, all citizens vote and these voters approve amendments.

• True

• False

Which is true about a federal government?

• States hold more power over the central government.

• the central government has absolute control.

• state and local government share power and are supreme

• the state and national government share power with the national government is supreme and sovereign

How are communism and socialism be similar?

• Both forms of governments take command of their economy

• Both allows their citizens to take control of their government

• Both have 3 branches of government

• Both modeled after democracy

What country is an example of federalism?

• The United States

• Spain

• China

• North Korea

Which of the following is true about a Unitary system of government?

• The central government holds all the power

• The Central government can create or abolish local governments.

• The entire government exists as a single unit with one constitutionally created legislature

• All of these choices

Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• confederation

Democracies encourage civics participation

• True

• False