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Foundations of Gov 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a unitary system? ex (2) | power is concentrated in a central government; Israel, UK |
| what is a federal system? ex (3) | power is shared between the central and regional (state) governments; germany, india, usa |
| what is a confederate system? (2) ex (3) | power is shared by the regional governments; loose alliance of states; civil war, iroquois, european nation |
| what goes into a representative democracy? (11) | education choices, access to info, limited gov, property rights, gov can seize property under due process, eminent domain, separation of power, jury trials, secret ballot in elections, due process for all, individual rights protected |
| what goes into an authoritarian government? (10) | unlimited gov, controlled access to info, gov can seize property with no restrictions, gov is above the law, force is used to keep peace, rights not ensure, elections offer no choice, no separation of power, no edu choices, power is held by person/group |
| what is a parliamentary system? ex (2) | legislative branch is the dominant branch of government and decides on the chief executive (prime minister); UK, Canada |
| what is a presidential system? ex (2) | chief executive elected separately from the legislative branch and serves as the head of government; south korea, mexico |
| what is a direct democracy? | a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible to vote rather than by a body of elected representatives |
| what is a representative democracy (republic)? | a form of government in which representatives are chosen by the people to vote on their behalf |
| what are some of the ideas of the US resembling direct democracy? (4) | referendums, small town meetings, ballot initiatives, recall elections |
| the US government is... (4) | representative democracy, federal system, state/country/nation, presidential system |
| what is the -ism that best describes Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union? (1) Why? (1) | totalitarianism; fascists (Germany) and communists (USSR) do not get along, so the only right answer is totalitarianism |
| what is the idea behind democracy? (2) | democracy has a mob rule, or a people leading, kind of rule; it has majority rule, minority rights |
| what is "the supreme law of the land"? | the US Constitution |
| what are aristocrats? (1-3 synonyms) what is their kind of rule? (1) | elites, nobility, upper class; oligarchy, ruling by group of nobles |
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