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The US is run as this sort of government
What is a democracy?
100
Only this group of people votes on the issues in a direct democracy
Who is everybody?
100
This is a Direct Democracy
What is the government where people represent themselves and vote on everything rather than appointing representatives.
100
Ultimately, ________ make the decisions in a true democracy, representative or direct.
Who are the people?
200
This type of economy uses force to ensure economic equality. The government controls agriculture, manufacturing, entertainment, and any other 'means of production'
What is Communism?
200
This many people rule in an Autocracy
What is one person?
200
This is how a Republic or representative democracy works.
What is when people elect others to represent them.
200
This is an Oligarchy
What is rule by a group of wealthy elite?
300
These are the two types of democracies
What is a representative democracy/republic and a direct democracy?
300
There are how many main forms of government? List them.
3, Democracy, Oligarchy, Autocracy.
300
An Oligarchy is mainly ruled by this.
What is a group of wealthy elite?
300
This kind of autocracy is run by people who are born into the ruling position.
What is a Monarchy?
300
What two historical events from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries prompted the rise in power of the federal government?
What is The two key events that occurred in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were the development of a national industrial economy and the emergence of the United States as a world power.
400
They may seem like opposites, but Oligarchies and most Communist governments actually have this in common.
What is rule by a small group?
400
This is another term for the United States government as it exists above the states.
What is national or federal government?
400
How are Monarchs selected?
What is by hereditary/ by the offspring of the King or Queen
400
This kind of government idea promotes the belief that resources should be shared equally.
What is socialism?
400
Describe the difference between layer-cake and marble-cake federalism.
In dual federalism, which existed through most of the nineteenth century, the powers and issue areas of state and federal governments rarely overlapped, much like a layer cake. Cooperative federalism describes federalism in much of the twentieth century, where the powers and responsibilities of the states and federal government overlap a great deal, resembling a marble cake.
500
These are the Three main forms of government
What is a Democracy, an Autocracy, and an Oligarchy?
500
Congress derives its power from this specifically, other than the people.
What is the constitution?
500
This is the goal of socialism.
What is the equal sharing of essential resources?
500
This is how federalism differs from unitary and confederal systems.
In a federal system, a national government and the state governments share power. In a unitary system, all power lies with the national government, whereas in a confederation, the vast majority of power rests with the states.