Unit 10 Review

What type of system of government does the United States have?

• Federal

• Confederal

• Unitary

• Parliamentary

What type of ECONOMIC system of government does the United States have?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Parliamentary

Which type of economic system provides the most economic freedom and has historically provided high standards of living?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Federalism

What do a republic and a direct democracy have in common?

• Rule by the people

• Rule by a small group of leaders

• Rule by a single leader

• Rule by a religious leader

Which statement describes a representative democracy?

• The gov is led by elected officials that reflect the ideas of citizens

• The gov is led by a family's status (inherited power)

• The gov is led by a single ruler who has taken power by force

• The gov is led by citizens who vote on all issues

What is one advantage of the American Constitutional Republic?

• Gov officials and citizens must be aligned with the rule of law

• Its national gov has unlimited power over its citizens

• Power is in a single person without any checks and balances

• The state government has power over the national gov

What did the Supreme Court decide about executive privilege, claimed by the president, in

United States v. Nixon?

• Following the law was more important than executive privilege

• Executive privilege protects all confidential conversations

• Nixon’s executive privilege protected him from criminal charges

• No president in the future would be able to claim executive privilege

US v Nixon =

• Rule of law

• Right to an attorney

• Right to not self-incriminate

• Judicial Review

Government run by religious leaders =

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

Weak central government =

• Autocracy
• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary