SSCG1: Foundations of Government Quiz

Which type of government is characterized by a centralized power held by a single central agency?

• Unitary government

• Dictatorship

• Confederate government

• Federal government

In which type of government are the executive and legislative branches separate and independent from each other?

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Parliamentary government

• Presidential government

What is the best example of a country with a federal government?

• United States

• India

• Germany

• United Kingdom

Which form of government is characterized by the power being held by a small, often self-appointed elite?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

In which type of democracy are representatives chosen through elections to carry out the will of the people?

• Autocracy

• Republic

• Representative democracy

• Direct democracy

What is the best example of a country with a parliamentary government?

• United States

• Brazil

• Great Britain (The United Kingdom)

• Mexico

Which type of democracy translates the will of the people into public policy directly through mass meetings?

• Representative democracy

• Direct democracy

• Republic

• Autocracy

In which type of government is the executive chosen by the legislature?

• Unitary government

• Confederate government

• Parliamentary government

• Presidential government

What is the best example of a country with a unitary government?

• United States

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Canada

Which form of government is an alliance of independent states with the central government handling only assigned matters?

• Federal government

• Confederate government

• Unitary government

• Dictatorship