Unit 1a Vocab practice

Match the following

• Ruled by one person; no citizen particip

• Oligarchy

• Ruled by a few; no citizen participation

• Autocracy

• Ruled by the people; high citizen partic

• Democracy

The U.S. is an example of a ​ (a)   democracy

• Representative
• direct

Match the following

• Representative government

• The executive leader is elected by the citizens. The president is generally part of a separate branch of government.

• Parliamentary government

• The executive leader is chosen by the legislative branch instead of the citizens. The prime minister remains part of the legislature.

• Presidential government

• A system of government in which the people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government.

Power is distributed from the Central Authority to the Regional Authority.

• Unitary system

• Confederacy

• Autocracy

Power is distributed from the Regional Authorities to the Central Authority.

• Oligarchy

• Confederacy

• Unitary system