 Distribution of Power deals with how the big and small governments share power.
Big Government=Central or National Government
Little Government=State or Regional Government
 Citizen Participation-Deals with who makes decisions and how citizens are involved in their government
 Suffrage-Right to Vote
Vocabulary
1. Define unitary distribution of power.
4. Define autocracy.
2. Define confederal distribution of power.
5. Define oligarchy.
3. Define federal distribution of power.
6. Define democracy.
7. What are the two types of democracies?
8. How is the President selected in a Presidential Democracy?
9. What do presidential democracies and parliamentary democracies have in common?
10. If the people of Wonderland overthrow their queen and create a new government with suffrage for all
citizens of Wonderland. What type of government did Wonderland have at first and after they overthrew the
queen?
11. In a Monarchy such as the Enchanted Kingdom, who is the real leader?
12. In both Whoville and Grinchville, the central government makes the laws for the country. The regional
governments have no authority. What distribution of power system is this describing?
13. Citizens of Agrabah gain suffrage at age 18. The citizens directly elect both the legislature and leader
known as a president. What type of government does Agrabah have?
14. What is the difference between an autocratic government and a democratic government?
15. In both North Pole Nation and South Pole Nation, power is divided between the central authority and the
regional authorities. What distribution of power system is this describing?
16. Arendelle is led by queen Elsa who has all power. As a result, no one votes for the country’s leader. What
type of citizen participation does Arendelle have?
17. What is a theocracy?
18. In the Enchanted Kingdom, how did Snow White become Queen?
19. Do citizens participate in an oligarchic government?
20. The citizens of Whistleton are headed by a Prime Minister, therefore they have more influence over the
election of their head of state than the citizens of Arendelle whose head of government is Queen. Why is this?
21. In a presidential democracy citizen directly vote for their chief executive. In a parliamentary democracy the
chief executive is elected by who?
22. Corona has a government in which the people elect representatives who then elect the leader of the
kingdom known as the Prime Minister. Elections are held every 4 years and all citizens are able to vote. Corona
has a democratically elected President, but the power of the president is very limited. What type of
government is this describing?
23. Who leads the country in Corona and holds all the power?
24. What distribution of power system does this
relate to?
25. What distribution of power system does this
relate to?
26. What distribution of power system does this
relate to?
Use this chart to answer questions 27-29
27. According to the chart, which country would have the least citizen participation?
28. According to the chart, who has the real power in the country of Arendelle?
29. According to the chart, Agrabah is presented as Presidential Democracy, however, by looking at the
characteristics of Agrabah, We can conclude that the form of government is actually a___________.
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