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WorksheetsQuiz #2 - Systems of Government
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In a confederation government system, most of the power is in the hands of the ____.
legislature
individual voters
state government
national government
Which country is an example of a federal system of government?
Iran
United States
China
Asia
The system of government in which the states have the most power is ____.
Confederation
Unitary
Federal
Power is shared between national and state governments in this system of government.
Confederate System
Unitary System
Federal System
In this system of government, the central government holds all the power.
Confederate System
Unitary System
Federal System
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?
Unitary
Federal
Confederate
Authoritarian
Democracy
In which system of government do states, cities, and counties have the least political power?
Federal
Unitary
Confederate
Democratic
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?
Authoritarian
Confederation
Federal
Unitary
In the United States, the central government and the state governments share power.
Which of these terms best describes this type of government?
Representative Democracy
Federal System
Confederate System
Direct Democracy
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.
Confederate
Federal
Communist
Unitary
Which country is a unitary oligarchy?
The United States, which has state governments and open elections.
Iraq, which was previously controlled totally by Saddam Hussein.
Turkey, which has one central government elected by the people.
China, which has a strong central government run by the communist party.
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 constitutional monarchy
a representative democracy
a totalitarian dictatorship
a direct democracy
Which of the following structures of government creates a weak Central government that fails to have any real power?
Federal System
Unitary System
Confederate System
Direct Democracy
England is a democracy and has a strong central government, what structure of government does it have?
Confederate System
Federal System
Unitary System
Power shared between central government and regional government is called a ____ system.
federal
unitary
confederate
monarch
