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Quiz #2 - Systems of Government

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a confederation government system, most of the power is in the hands of the ____.

a)

legislature

b)

individual voters

c)

state government

d)

national government

2.

Which country is an example of a federal system of government?

a)

Iran

b)

United States

c)

China

d)

Asia

3.

The system of government in which the states have the most power is ____.

a)

Confederation

b)

Unitary

c)

Federal

4.

Power is shared between national and state governments in this system of government.

a)

Confederate System

b)

Unitary System

c)

Federal System

5.

In this system of government, the central government holds all the power.

a)

Confederate System

b)

Unitary System

c)

Federal System

6.

A group of nation states formed a government in which each state retained control over its internal matters and gave almost no powers to the central government.


Which system of government was formed?

a)

Unitary

b)

Federal

c)

Confederate

d)

Authoritarian

e)

Democracy

7.

In which system of government do states, cities, and counties have the least political power?

a)

Federal

b)

Unitary

c)

Confederate

d)

Democratic

8.

Great Britain and Japan are examples of democratic countries with a strong, central government that makes laws for the entire nation and limits the power of local governments.


What form of government do these countries have?

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Confederation

c)

Federal

d)

Unitary

9.

In the United States, the central government and the state governments share power.


Which of these terms best describes this type of government?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Federal System

c)

Confederate System

d)

Direct Democracy

10.

Both the United States government and the California state government share the power to tax the citizens of California. This is an example of a ____ system.

a)

Confederate

b)

Federal

c)

Communist

d)

Unitary

11.

Which country is a unitary oligarchy?

a)

The United States, which has state governments and open elections.

b)

Iraq, which was previously controlled totally by Saddam Hussein.

c)

Turkey, which has one central government elected by the people.

d)

China, which has a strong central government run by the communist party.

12.

When asked, "What type of government was created at the constitutional convention?", Benjamin Franklin's response was "a republic". He could have also said ____.

a)

a constitutional monarchy

b)

a representative democracy

c)

a totalitarian dictatorship

d)

a direct democracy

13.

Which of the following structures of government creates a weak Central government that fails to have any real power?

a)

Federal System

b)

Unitary System

c)

Confederate System

d)

Direct Democracy

14.

England is a democracy and has a strong central government, what structure of government does it have?

a)

Confederate System

b)

Federal System

c)

Unitary System

15.

Power shared between central government and regional government is called a ____ system.

a)

federal

b)

unitary

c)

confederate

d)

monarch