Unit 2 Review

A system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government.

• Confederation

• Federal

• Unitary

• None of these

An association of independent states. The central government gets its authority from the independent states.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• None of these

A system of or consisting a form of government in which power is distributed between a central authority and states.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• None of these

Which is a power delegated to the Central government in federalism?

• Establish local laws

• Provide for public safety

• Establish and maintain schools

• Regulate interstate and foreign trade

Which is a power delegated to the States?

• Conduct elections

• Declare war

• Establish postal offices

• Coin money

Which of these powers does the central and state government share?

• Create and maintain armed forces

• Establish local governments

• Provide for the public welfare

• Make copyright and patent laws

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Anarchy

Which describes a dictatorship?

• Nearly always focuses power in a single individual person

• Sometimes spreads the power throughout a small group of people

• Not always malevolent

• None of these

A form of government characterized by the rule of a few persons of families.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• None of these

Which of these countries is an example of an Oligarchy?

• United States of America

• United Kingdom

• Germany

• China