Sovereign State and Who Rules

Question 1

A government in which the central government hold all the power

Answer 1

Unitary

Question 2

What is the example of a unitary government?

Answer 2

Great Britian

Question 3

Power is shared between a central agency and local governments

Answer 3

Federal

Question 4

What is the example of a federal government?

Answer 4

U.S.

Question 5

Member states join to form a government. States only have powers given to it by the state government.

Answer 5

Confederal

Question 6

What of the example of a confederal government?

Answer 6

The Confederate States of America

Question 7

Each branch is independent and coequal

Answer 7

Presidential

Question 8

What is an example of a presidential government?

Answer 8

U.S.

Question 9

Executive and legislative branched work closely together. An executor is chosen from the legislative branch.

Answer 9

Parliamentary

Question 10

What is an example of a parliamentary government?

Answer 10

Great Britain

Question 11

Nobody is in control

Answer 11

Anarchy

Question 12

What is an example of an anarchy government?

Answer 12

The Purge

Question 13

The people rule

Answer 13

Democracy

Question 14

There are no representatives

Answer 14

Direct Democracy

Question 15

What is an example for a Direct Democracy?

Answer 15

Ancient Athens

Question 16

People elect leaders to represent their rights and interests.

Answer 16

Representative Democracy

Question 17

What is an example of a Representative Democracy?

Answer 17

U.S.

Question 18

One person rules

Answer 18

Autocracy

Question 19

A king or queen rules

Answer 19

Monarchy

Question 20

The monarch has absolute control over the government

Answer 20

Absolute Monarchy

Question 21

The monarch is limited by a Constitution and shares power with other branches

Answer 21

Constitutional Monarchy

Question 22

One leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives

Answer 22

Dictatorship

Question 23

What is an example of a dictatorship government?

Answer 23

North Korea

Question 24

Who is the leader of North Korea?

Answer 24

Kim Jong Un

Question 25

A few people rule

Answer 25

Oligarchy

Question 26

A type of oligarchy made up by a group of military officers who took over the country by force.

Answer 26

Junta

Question 27

What is an example of a junta?

Answer 27

Latin America

Question 28

Coexist with democracy, oligarchy, dictatorship, and monarchy

Answer 28

Theocracy

Question 29

What is an example of a theocracy?

Answer 29

Iran

Question 30

What are the four characteristics of of a state?

Answer 30

Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and a Government

Question 31

What is the definition of population?

Answer 31

A group of people who are citizens of a state

Question 32

What is the definition of territory?

Answer 32

Land

Question 33

What is the definition of sovereignty?

Answer 33

The power to make and enforce laws

Question 34

What is the definition of government?

Answer 34

An organization that makes and enforces laws

Question 35

What are the four roles of government?

Answer 35

Make laws, protect the state, keep order, and help citizens

Question 36

What are some examples of make laws?

Answer 36

Kids under 14 can't work, kids under 18 can't vote, and freedom of speech

Question 37

What are some examples of protect the state?

Answer 37

Army, navy, and CIA

Question 38

What are some examples of keep order?

Answer 38

Police, FBI, and Fire Department

Question 39

What are some examples of help citizens?

Answer 39

School, post office, and transportation

Question 40

What government is it if the arrows are pointing up?

Answer 40

Confederation

Question 41

What government is it if the arrows are going up and down?

Answer 41

Federal

Question 42

What is it if the arrows are pointing down?

Answer 42

Unitary

Question 43

What are three ways territory can change?

Answer 43

Boundaries, war, and purchase

Question 44

What are the three ways we classify government?

Answer 44

Geographic Distribution, relationship between executive and legislative branches, and the number of people who participate in the process.

Question 45

Compare and contrast presidential and parliamentary governments.

Answer 45

In a Presidential government, each branch is independent and coequal. In a Parliamentary government the Executive and legislative branch work closely together. Both Parliamentary and Presidential both use Representative Democracy, and both are ruled by some form of a constitution.

Question 46

What is the difference between an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy?

Answer 46

In an absolute monarchy, the monarch has absolute power and no limitations. In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch is controlled by a constitution and the monarch must share power.

Question 47

Compare and contrast federal and confederal governments

Answer 47

In a federal government, power is shared between a central agency and local governments, and an authority superior to both the central agency and the local governments makes the division of power. In a confederal government, member states join to form a government, and a conferral government only has powers given to it by the state government. They both have a superior authority that guides the government.