Government Assessment Review

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What is the name for a government controlled by religious leaders or strongly influenced by religion?

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Theocracy

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What government is headed by a king or a queen?

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Monarchy

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What type of democracy do we mostly have in the United States?

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Representative

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Government led by a strong ruler who often takes power by force.

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Dictatorship

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What is civics?

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The rights and responsibilities of citizens

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What types of government are used by a country that elects representatives but also comes together to vote on laws?

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Direct Democracy and Representative Democracy

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In this type of government system, the central government shares power with local governments.

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Federal

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The first constitution of the United States was called

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the Articles of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation reflected the colonists' fear of

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a strong central government

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What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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It lacked the power to tax