GOVERNMENT CLASS QUIZ

Democracy enables the electorate to make a choice in governance.

• TRUE

• FALSE

________ is often regarded as the earliest form of government.

• Gubernatocracy

• Socialism

• Communalism

• Democracy

According to Abraham Lincoln, the ___ US president, Democracy is the "government of the ___, ___ the people, and ___ the people".

A system of government where ownership of land is a determinant of power and rule is best called

• Oligarchy

• Feudalism

• Classical Democracy

• Anarchy

In a unitary state, the sovereignty rests on the

• monarch

• federal government

• central authority

• people

The term "electorate" refers to

• people who have a larger stake in government.

• people who are eligible to vote in an election.

• a citizen who is also a minor.

• a person who partakes in a primary election and party activities.

One of the factors considered by most states adopting a unitary system of government is

• homogeneity.

• big land mass.

• food supply.

• continental policy.

Powers in a federal state are divided into

• 3 arms.

• 36 states.

• 3 legislative lists.

• 3 levels.

The sovereignty in a federal state rests on the

• borders.

• constitution.

• president.

• federal government.

A bill in government is regarded as

• military law which transforms to a decree.

• proposal of policy by the civil service.

• republican expenditure.

• a proposed law to be deliberated in the parliament and also requiring the presidential assent.

Answer explanation

A bill is a proposed law awaiting deliberation by the legislature and presidential assent.

Having gotten the assent of the president, it becomes an Act of parliament.