Gov Unit 1 Test Review

What type of government controls all aspects of citizens' economic, political, and social lives?

• Democratic

• Authoritarian

• Republic

• Parliamentary

In which type of government does one person hold unlimited political power?

• Oligarchy

• Democratic

• Autocracy

• Presidential

What is a system of government in which a small group holds power?

• Oligarchy

• Republic

• Direct democracy

• Parliamentary

Which type of government is characterized by the people ruling?

• Authoritarian

• Democratic

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

In which form of democratic government are executive, legislative, and judicial powers separated?

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

• Republic

• Direct democracy

Which form of democratic government has an elected assembly holding both executive and legislative powers?

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Republic

• Direct democracy

What is the form of government where citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives?

• Representative democracy

• Republic

• Direct democracy

• Oligarchy

In which system of government do people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government?

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Autocracy

• Authoritarian

What type of government has voters holding sovereign power and elected representatives exercising that power?

• Republic

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Authoritarian

Which document, signed in 1215, limited government powers in England?

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

• Second Treatise on Government