Unit 1 Short 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

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

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

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

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

What are the two forms of autocracies?

• monarchy and parliament
• monarchy and dictatorship
• democracy and dictatorship
• direct and representative

Confederate States of America...we left the union to keep our slaves. We did not like the strong central national government. We prefer strong state governments that cannot be controlled by one central body of power

• Federal

• Confederal

• Unitary

A form of government in which citizens choose representatives through free and fair elections to make decisions on their behalf.

• Representative Democracy
• Federalism
• Unitary System
• Direct Democracy