Unit One Vocab Quiz

In this type of government a single person holds all of the power

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Confederal

In this type of government the authority/power is divided or shared between the national/central government and state governments

• Federal

• Confederal

• Unitary

• Dictatorship

Which three describe the United State Government

• Dictatorship

• Parliamentary

• Democracy

• Presidential

• Federal

In this type of government, a small group of people hold power

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

Which type of government is characterized by the government's complete control of all aspects of society in order to achieve its goals?

• Federalism

• Democracy

• Totalitarianism

• Republic

The idea that society is based on a shared (unwritten) agreement of all citizens. Citizens give up certain rights and privileges in return for protection from the government.

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract Theory

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Second Treatise

Life, Liberty, and Property

• Natural Rights

• The Second Treatise

• Declaration of Independence

All authority or power to act is concentrated with the national government alone

• Democracy

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederal

Concentrates power and authority in the state or regional government

• federal

• unitary

• confederal

• dictatorship

In this type of democracy the executive branch is elected by the legislative branch

• Parliamentary

• Presidential