Unit 1 Review

a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states

• Federal

• Theocracy

• Confederal

• Unitary

a form of government in which a group of sovereign states creates a central government for a common purpose yet retains most of the legal power for each member state

• Federal

• Anarchy

• Confederal

• Unitary

A government that gives all key powers to the national or central government

• Federal

• Theocracy

• Confederal

• Unitary

A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.

• Federal

• Authoritarian

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

A government in which the political powers are vested in a higher, religious power.

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

a lack of government and law

• Theocracy

• Direct Democracy

• Republix

• Anarchy

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

• Direct Democracy

• Theocracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

A form of government in which the people elect representatives to govern them and make laws.

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

A government in which power is in the hands of a single person

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures. They wanted a strong central government.

• Monarchs

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Jeffersonians