Unit 5 Test Review

Match the following

• direct democracy

• A small group that rules a country after taking it over by force (usually a military rule). 

• junta

• Type of democracy where citizens are involved in day-to-day government (vote on all laws, etc.).

• theocracy

• Type of democracy where citizens elect leaders to represent them in government (U.S. Form of Government).

• representative democracy

• One person has all the power in this type of government.

• autocracy

• The government recognizes God as the ultimate authority and rules by this concept. You can find this type of government within others.

Match the following

• Oligarchy

• A small group of people has all the power (usually the people at the top of the social structure). 

• (absolute) Monarchy

• People are not subject to any nation or government rule (rule of no one).

• Democracy

• Where citizens hold the political power (the government does not control the people).

• Anarchy

• One leader has absolute control over the government and its’ citizens’ lives.

• Dictatorship

• A king or queen rules the nation.

System in which power is shared or divided between the national and state governments (U.S. system of government).​ ​ (a)  

• Federalism
• Unitary
• Confederal

System in which the central government holds all the power. ​ (a)  

• Unitary
• Federalism
• Confederal

System in which each state has their own government and power.​ (a)  

• Confederal
• Federalism
• Unitary

Match the following

• Guide the Community

• Establish armed forces. Protect citizens from foreign attacks

• Keep Order

• Protecting public health, public safety, & providing welfare

• Provide Security

• Develop public policy, manage the economy, conduct foreign relations. 

• Provide Services

• Pass & enforce laws to deter crime. Establish courts

All people, including those who govern, are bound by the law.​ (a)  

• Rule of Law
• Limited Government
• Consent of the Governed
• Individual Rights
• Free, Fair, and Competitive Elections
• Majority Rules

​ Government is not all powerful​ (a)  

• Limited Government
• Consent of the Governed
• Individual Rights
• Representative
• Representative Government
• Free, Fair, and Competitive Elections
• Majority Rules

​ American citizens are the source of all government power.​ (a)  

• Consent of the Governed
• Individual Rights
• Representative
• Representative Government
• Free, Fair, and Competitive Elections
• Majority Rules
• Rule of Law

​ Individual rights are protected by the government ​ (a)  

• Individual Rights
• Free, Fair, and Competitive Elections
• Majority Rules
• Rule of Law
• Consent of the Governed
• Limited Government
• Representative Government