Types of Gov. Exit Ticket

Name

Class Period

• 1/2 A
• 5A
• 6/7A
• 1/2B
• 5B

1. What method is typically used by citizens in parliamentary and presidential democracies to achieve governmental change?

• Elections
• Revolution
• Civil War
• Secession

2. A government was chosen by the majority party in the legislature. The people revolted and established a new government in which the ruler was chosen by religious elders and used power to enforce religious law. How did the system of government change?

• Theocracy to an Absolute Monarchy
• Presidential Democracy to a Dictatorship
• Parliamentary Democracy to a Theocracy
• Dictatorship to a Constitutional Monarchy

3. Which characteristic makes a Constitutional Monarchy different from an Absolute Monarchy?

• An official state religion
• The presence of a noble class
• A ruler who inherits power by birth
• Laws which limit the power of the ruler

4. A government was chosen by the people. The people eventually revolted and supported a single leader who took power by force and imposed his own rules and took away the peoples' rights. How did the system of government change?

• Presidential Democracy to a Parliamentary Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy to a Dictatorship
• Parliamentary Democracy to a Theocracy
• Presidential Democracy to a Dictatorship

5. Under what system of government are leaders typically chosen by church officials or religious elders?

• Theocracy
• Dictatorship
• Presidential Democracy
• Constitutional Monarchy

6. A government in which leaders typically uses the threat of force to maintain control of the government is known as:

• Presidential Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Constitutional Monarchy

7. In a Democracy the source of authority for the government is the

• Head of State
• Courts
• People
• Legislature

8. Which two types of government are most similar?

• Presidential Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy
• Dictatorship and Theocracy
• Presidential Democracy and Absolute Monarchy
• Absolute Monarchy and Dictatorship