GED-Civics and Government Exam
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Four Types of Political Systems - Correct answer-Democracy, Dictatorship,
Monarchy and Oligarchy
Democracy - Correct answer-a political system in which the supreme power lies in
a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Pure Democracy - Correct answer-allows the people to make the decisions directly
Representative Democracy - Correct answer-includes election of representatives by
the people
Dictatorship - Correct answer-form of government in which the leader has absolute
power and authority
Monarchy - Correct answer-an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually
inherits the authority
Oligarchy - Correct answer-a form of government in which all power is vested in a
few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
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, Methods of obtaining power - Correct answer-ancestry,divine right, conquest,
revolution and popular vote
ancestry - Correct answer-the descendants of one individual
divine right - Correct answer-belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.
conquest - Correct answer-capture or taking of something by force
revolution - Correct answer-the overthrow of a government by those who are
governed
popular vote - Correct answer-vote of the people in a "General Election"
federalism - Correct answer-a system in which power is divided between the
national and state governments
the three branches of the U.S. government - Correct answer-legislative, executive
and judicial
legislative - Correct answer-the branch of government that makes the laws
executive - Correct answer-the branch of government that enforces and carries out
the laws
judicial - Correct answer-the branch of government that interprets the laws and
determines whether they are constitutional
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
Four Types of Political Systems - Correct answer-Democracy, Dictatorship,
Monarchy and Oligarchy
Democracy - Correct answer-a political system in which the supreme power lies in
a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Pure Democracy - Correct answer-allows the people to make the decisions directly
Representative Democracy - Correct answer-includes election of representatives by
the people
Dictatorship - Correct answer-form of government in which the leader has absolute
power and authority
Monarchy - Correct answer-an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually
inherits the authority
Oligarchy - Correct answer-a form of government in which all power is vested in a
few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
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, Methods of obtaining power - Correct answer-ancestry,divine right, conquest,
revolution and popular vote
ancestry - Correct answer-the descendants of one individual
divine right - Correct answer-belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.
conquest - Correct answer-capture or taking of something by force
revolution - Correct answer-the overthrow of a government by those who are
governed
popular vote - Correct answer-vote of the people in a "General Election"
federalism - Correct answer-a system in which power is divided between the
national and state governments
the three branches of the U.S. government - Correct answer-legislative, executive
and judicial
legislative - Correct answer-the branch of government that makes the laws
executive - Correct answer-the branch of government that enforces and carries out
the laws
judicial - Correct answer-the branch of government that interprets the laws and
determines whether they are constitutional
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