Unit 1 Review (SSCG1 & 18)

Which of the following would you include in a list of totalitarian governments?

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Republic

• Constitutional monarchy

What does the rule of law ensure in a government system?

• That only the president must follow the law

• That laws are enforced and nobody is above the law

• That citizens can make their own laws

• That laws are suggested but not enforced

China! I have one party (the Chinese communist party) that controls all power in the entire country. Most of this power is held by one man who is the dictator

• Federal

• Confederal

• Unitary

Which is a common characteristic of a dictatorship?

• Concern for the rights and liberties of the people

• Frequent and open elections

• Power lies in the hands of a single person or group

The style of government where a few leaders rule is called?

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

Definition: The government and those who govern are bound by the law, as are those who are governed.

• Rule of Law

• Republic

• Democracy

• Representative Government

Rule of the people, in which citizens get to participate in the decision-making processes of the government, is known as __________________.

• aristocracy
• monarchy
• democracy
• anarchy

The belief that government is derived from which of the following is central to the idea of democracy?

• The people
• Congress
• Checks and balances
• God

A ______ is an indirect form of democracy that places political decision making at least one step away from the people.

• Republic

• Democrat

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

A _________ of government divides power over people and territory between a national government and smaller, regional levels of government.

• Oligarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Unitary System

• Federal System