Chapter 3

Question 1

What three broad categories do scholars use to classify governments?

Answer 1

Systems of governments, relationship of government levels, and methods of electing an executive.

Question 2

How do a pure democracy and a republic differ?

Answer 2

Pure democracy allows every citizen to directly participate, while in a republic the people elect representatives to run for them.

Question 3

On what do dictatorships rely for power?

Answer 3

Fear opposed on military force

Question 4

Which types of government described in this section best describe the United States?

Answer 4

Democratic republic, federalists, presidential government.

Question 5

Who chooses the executive head in the parliamentary system?

Answer 5

The majority party and the legislature

Question 6

List the three levels of American government.

Answer 6

National, State, Local

Question 7

List the three branches of the national government.

Answer 7

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Question 8

What powers are reserved to the states?

Answer 8

According to the Constitution, the states retain powers not delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states.

Question 9

Explain the responsibilities of each branch of a state’s government.

Answer 9

1. ) Legislature - Passing state laws
2. ) Executive - enforces the laws
3. ) Judicial - Interpreting the law and judging criminal cases

Question 10

What are the different levels of local government?

Answer 10

Counties and Municipality

Question 11

List the benefits and drawbacks of the presidential system.

Answer 11

The President’s directly accountable to the people and executive department is dependent of the legislative branch. The drawback is that the presidential system is not inefficient.

Question 12

Why did America’s founders choose the federal system of government?

Answer 12

Federalism guards against tyranny by distributing power while also meeting the needs of various sections of a country.

Question 13

Why would a direct democracy not be appropriate for the United States?

Answer 13

The large size of the population.

Question 14

What are the two forms of dictatorship?

Answer 14

Oligarchy and autocracy

Question 15

What are the two types of boards most commonly used for county governments?

Answer 15

Board of Commissioners

Board of Supervisors

Question 16

Which local government systems are considered municipalities?

Answer 16

Cities, villages, and towns

Question 17

What is government by the people called?

Answer 17

Democracy

Question 18

What is another name for an indirect democracy?

Answer 18

Representative democracy

Question 19

What are the three major government systems?

Answer 19

Anarchy, dictatorship, popular government

Question 20

What is the name for a government in which the people are sovereign, they elect representatives to exercise the government’s powers according to written laws?

Answer 20

Republic

Question 21

What form,of government seeks to control every aspect of the people’s lives?

Answer 21

Totalitarianism

Question 22

What is the division and dietitian of governmental power into national and state levels called?

Answer 22

Federalism

Question 23

What is the key to restraining the government and the governed in the United States?

Answer 23

The Constitution

Question 24

The European Union is an example of what type of government?

Answer 24

Modern confederacy

Question 25

Who selects the cabinet in a parliamentary form of government?

Answer 25

Prime minister

Question 26

What are the two houses of the U.S. Congress?

Answer 26

House of Representatives | Senate

Question 27

Who were the first people to practice

Answer 27

Greeks

Question 28

3 branches of the federal government

Answer 28

Executive, legislative, judicial

Question 29

What government is elected by popular vote?

Answer 29

Congress

Question 30

Chief executive officer of the U.S.

Answer 30

President

Question 31

What is the heart of the American government?

Answer 31

The Constitution

Question 32

Which amendment protects the right of the states?

Answer 32

Tenth Amendment

Question 33

Which branch of the government interprets the laws?

Answer 33

Judicial

Question 34

Powers not granted to the national government and not prohibited by the states

Answer 34

Reserved powers

Question 35

Where are the steps of statehood found?

Answer 35

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 36

What governmental system allows public participation?

Answer 36

Popular government

Question 37

What is an overriding of indirect or pure democracy?

Answer 37

Every citizen has a direct voice in governmental decisions

Question 38

What is not an example of a unitary form of government?

Answer 38

Brazil

Question 39

What are the divisions of counties called?

Answer 39

Townships

Question 40

What state does not have a bicameral

Answer 40

Nebraska

Question 41

Define incorporation

Answer 41

Process by which a state establishes a city as a legal government body by giving it a charter establishing the parameters in which it can operate

Question 42

Essay: | Describe and give an example of s system of government

Answer 42

Anarchy is one of the types of government. According to the English Dictionary, it is a lack of government or the absence of the supreme power. A modern example of anarchy is Somalia.