U.S. Government: Chapter One Vocabulary Quiz

A government controlled by one person with absolute authority.

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• democracy

A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency.

• democracy

• oligarchy

• unitary government

• dictatorship

A loose union of independent states.

• republic

• democracy

• confederacy

• sovereignty

A group of people united by bonds of race, language, customs, traditions, and sometimes religion.

• nation

• republic

• constitution

• government

A political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government.

• federal system

• state/country

• nation

• republic

A written plan of government.

• confederacy

• democracy

• republic

• constitution

An agreement between the people and their government in which the people agree to give up certain rights in exchange for protection.

• democracy

• social contract

• federal system

• free market

An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control.

• democracy

• nation

• government

• sovereignty

A government in which the people are allowed to participate.

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

The supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries.

• government

• democracy

• republic

• sovereignty