Foundations of Government Vocabulary Practice

Government ruled by one leader - typically a King or Queen.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Government rule by a few - typically a small elite group.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Government rule by many/the people.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

Lack of organized government.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

A democracy in which citizens elect officials to public office to share their interests.

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• constitutional government

• presidential democracy

Thomas Hobbes coined the following term to describe the condition of humans with no form of government

• Divine Right

• Theocracy

• Social Contract

• State of Nature

Which of the following is NOT a term for government with a ruler who has absolute power using fear and violence

• Dictatorship

• Anarachy

• Authoritarian

• Totalitarian

True or False: The United States is a direct democracy.

• True

• False

In a unitary system of government, where does power lie?

• National Government

• State/Local Governments

• Legislative Branch

• Divided between national and local governments

In a confederacy, where does the power lie?

• National Government

• State/Local Governments

• Divided between federal and local governments

• Supreme Court