American Government Basics

American Government Basics

9th - 12th Grade

25 Qs

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American Government Basics

American Government Basics

Assessment

Quiz

History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Missy Skow-Pease

Used 13+ times

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A government in which supreme authority is invested in one who rules for life

Monarchy

Dictatorship

Republic

Democracy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A form of monarchy in which the government usually is run by a democratically elected parliament and the monarch is merely a ceremonial head of state.

Absolute

Federal

Parliamentary

Constitutional

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An authoritative form of government in which the government acts without the people’s consent or input.

Presidential

National

Dictatorship

Monarchy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A system of government in which an elite ruling class (such as the military, the wealthy, or a powerful family) often seeking to control every aspect of the people’s lives

Constitutionalism

Totalitarianism

Absolutism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A form of dictatorial government in which one person rules with supreme authority.

autocracy

oligarchy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A form of dictatorial government in which an elite group rules; the group is sometimes self-appointed and divides the governmental departments among its members.

autocracy

oligarchy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A condition in which a state has no functioning government.

Anarchy

Democracy

Oligarchy

Parliamentary

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