Systems of Government Quiz

What type of government gives all power to its central or national government?

• Confederal System

• Autocracy

• Unitary System

• Federal System

Which system of government is a loose union of independent and sovereign states with little power given to the national or central government?

• Federal System

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Oligarchy

In which system of government are the powers divided between the national and state governments?

• Totalitarian State

• Federal System

• Confederal System

• Unitary System

What type of government is characterized by a constitution that places clear and recognized limits on the powers of those who govern?

• Authoritarian Government

• Constitutional Government

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

What is the purpose of a constitution in a constitutional government?

• To hold all the power in the government

• To establish a single individual in power

• To set out shared ideals and limits on government powers

• To control all aspects of citizens' lives

Which type of government controls all aspects of citizens' economic, political, and social lives?

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Totalitarian State

• Constitutional Government

In which type of government does power and authority reside in a single individual?

• Oligarchy

• Constitutional Government

• Authoritarian Government

• Autocracy

What type of government is characterized by a small group of people holding all the power?

• Authoritarian Government

• Constitutional Government

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

The people are the source of authority in this type of government

• Oligarchy

• Monarch

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

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What is communism?

• A type of economic system where individual people own land and factories.

• A type of government and economic system where the government or community owns land and factories.

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  A type of government where wealth is not shared among the community.

• A system where everyone creates their own wealth and does not share it.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5