Unit 1 - Vocabulary Quiz

A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

A form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent, and coequal.

• Democracy

• Presidential Government

• Federal Government

• Democratic Government

A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet.

• Federal Government

• Democracy

• Republicanism

• Parliamentary Government

Definition: A joining of several groups for a common purpose.

• Democracy

• Confederation

• Federal System

• Unitary Government

Definition: The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.

• Government

• Confederation

• Democracy

• Education

Definition: Belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from god.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Democracy

• Divine Right

• Autocracy

Definition: a system of government by one person with absolute power.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

Definition: A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

• Dictatorship

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

Definition: A government ruled by a few powerful people.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

A form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments.

• Presidential Government

• Unions

• Confederation

• Federal Government