CLOZE Note Search.

Directions: Individually or with a quiet elbow partner please answer

questions 1-25. You should use your Chapter 5-6 packet to help you! 1
answer will repeat.

Unitary

The president is elected by the people (citizens)

The Prime Minister

The legislatures/central government

o The central/national government shares power with the

states/local governments

Legislative

Parliamentary, Presidential

o The central government

Democracy

o A small group with wealth or power

o A president is elected by the voters separate from the

legislature. A prime minister is first elected as a Member of
Parliament, then if his/her party is the majority party (most
seats) in the Parliament, he/she becomes Prime Minister while
still serving as a Member of Parliament (legislature).

o The legislatures choose one of their members to be prime

minister

o An individual ruler or leader

o An individual ruler or dictator

Federal and democratic

o Autocracy b. Oligarchy c. Democracy

 Individuals have little or no say and may not even be allowed to vote in
an autocracy or oligarchy while voters participate freely in a
democracy

o Federal b. Unitary c. Confederation

Local governments hold the most power and give a limited amount of
power to the national government

The countries or states that make up the confederation

o Presidential and Parliamentary

o It is usually an unstable, loose alliance of countries or states

The power is shared among different levels of government

The legislatures/central government

Mexico, USA, Canada

The national government is weak- most power remains with the local
governments
 Government Study Guide KEY: SS7CG1, SS7CG4, SS7CG6

Name: __________________ Homeroom: ____ #___

1. If power is held by the central authority, what type of government does

the country have?

2. All citizens participate equally in which type of government?

3. Based in the information above, which statement identifies this

countrys government based on its DISTRIBUTION OF POWER and its
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION?

4. In a confederate government system, who holds most of the power?

5. In a federal government system, who holds most of the power?

6. In a unitary system of government, who holds most of the power?

7. In an autocracy, who makes most of the important governmental

decisions?
8. Why do the individual voters have less power in an autocracy or
oligarchy than they do in a democracy?

9. What are the two predominant forms of a democratic government?

10. In a parliamentary system of government, how is a prime

minister chosen?

11. What is a weakness of a confederation government system?

12. Name the three ways governments distribute their power:

13. Name the three ways that governments allow citizen

participation:

14. What are the two forms of a democracy?

15. In a unitary government system who hold most of the power?

16. In a confederate government system who holds most of the

power?
17. In a federal system of government who holds most of the power?

18. In an autocracy, who makes most of the important governmental

decisions?

19. Who are the decision makers in an oligarchy?

20. What branch of government chooses the executive leader in a

parliamentary democracy?

21. Name the leader of a presidential democracy:

parliamentary democracy:

22. How is the president chosen in a presidential democracy?

23. Name a country that is a democracy.

24. What is a weakness of a confederation government system?

25. What is the main difference between a president and a prime
minister? (you may summarize your response)