Part 1 Gov Final Dec 2023

What system of government do we utilize in the United States?

• Federal System

• Confederal System

• Unitary System

• American System

Nobody is in charge

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state.

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Example: Modern-day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• President

• absolute monarchy

• Republic

A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

What is the main purpose of government?

• To protect the rights of the people

• To protect the life of people's things

• To give people things

• To run schools

The principle that says that people who are not in the majority must still have their liberty and freedom protected is:

• majority rule

• rule of law

• minority rights

• compromise

Who gives government the ability to govern?

• The people
• Parliament
• The King
• The Sons of Liberty

The United States is a _________________________ democracy.

• direct

• indirect

• representative

• social