Types of Government Part 2

In a unitary system of government, local offices

• have equal power with the central government.

• elect representatives to the central government.

  
  

• can veto decisions made by the central government.

• must follow decisions made by the central government.

  
  

In a federal system of government, power is

• divided between the national government and the states.

• held by one person who makes all the decisions.

• held by a central government that makes decisions.

• divided equally between all state governments.

  
  

What is the main difference between federal and confederal systems of government?

• In a federal system there is no centralized authority, while in a confederal system power is distributed equally among the states.

  
  

• In a federal system there is no centralized authority, while in a confederal system local offices give advice to a centralized authority.

• In a federal system there is centralized authority, while in a confederal system power is distributed equally among the states.

• In a federal system power is distributed equally, while in a confederal system the states have less authority than the central government.

  
  

In the modern world, many countries with kings or queens have evolved into constitutional democracies. In these countries, monarchs are mostly

• absolute dictators

• prime ministers.

• political party leaders

• figureheads

1. Which statement about communism is the most accurate?

• Communism allows citizens to own property.

• Communism gives control to multiple branches.

• Communism allows citizens to elect leaders.

• Communism gives control to party leaders.

  
  

In a democracy, government gets its power from

• what the majority of the citizens want.

• the president or prime minister.

• Congress or Parliament.

  
  

• what the minority of the citizens want.

1. The two forms of democracy are

• national and state.

  
  

• republican and democrat.

• local and national.

• direct and representative.

1. Why did direct democracy work for the ancient Greek city of Athens?

• Athens had a senate.

  
  

• Athens had a president.

• Athens had literate citizens.

• Athens had a small population.

In a direct democracy, who votes on government policy?

• senators

  
  

• all citizens

• representatives

• only democrats

1. The best explanation as to why direct democracy would not work well in the United States is that

• voting is not mandatory in the United States.

• the use of direct democracy would make debate on issues by individuals too difficult.

• Ancient Greece was smaller and less geographically diverse than the United States.

• the population in the United States is too large