Civics Topic 1/3 Quiz

What is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies?

• Government

• Police

• Fire Department

• Military

1. The power to make laws and to frame public policies.

• The Executive

• The Legislature

• The Judicial

• Councils

1. What is the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws?

• The Congress

• The Legislature

• The Executive

• The Judicial

1. The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within society.

• The President

• The Legislature

• The Executive

• The Judicial

1. Form of government where supreme authority rests with the people.

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Communism

• Oligarchy

1. What is a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited power?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Unitary

1. A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small and wealthy group of elites.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Communist

• Dictatorship

1. What form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments?

• Parliamentary

• Communist

• Federal Government

• Unitary

1. A centralized government in which all power belongs to a single, central agency.

• Federal Government

• Democracy

• Communism

• Unitary Government

1. A form of government in which the executive branch has a prime minister and the legislature is a parliamentary.

• Parliamentary

• Unitary

• Federal

• Autocracy