Origins of Government

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

The system through which order is maintained over a particular area.

Question 2

Anarchy

Answer 2

A state of disorder due to a world without government.

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

A government in which the people get to make the decisions for their government.

Question 4

Dictatorship

Answer 4

A government in which the power to rule does not lie with the people, but rather one person or a small group of people

Question 5

Federal Government

Answer 5

When a central (national) government shares power with local (state) governments.

Question 6

Declaration Of Independence

Answer 6

The document that declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain

Question 7

Articles Of Confederation

Answer 7

Formed a “league of friendship” among the thirteen original states, and essentially said that each state had its own government.

Question 8

Unitary Government

Answer 8

When you only have one central (or national) government that manages a country.