Question

students instructions: fill in the missing information that completes the statement.

1. an unlimited government is a government with unlimited powers and lacks an effective ______________ to limit government power.
2. when one person or a small group holds ultimate power and authority over a country, this is considered an ______________ government system.
3. the term ______________ is often used interchangeably with authoritarian.
4. dictatorships and absolute monarchies are types of ______________ governments.
5. a dictatorship is a government ruled by a single person with ______________ power over the country.
6. dictators often rely on the ______________ to enforce their absolute rule.
7. in an absolute monarchy, the rulers word is considered ______________, and decisions are made without needing approval from parliament.
8. both dictatorships and absolute monarchies are authoritarian governments because they share key characteristics that limit citizens ______________ and freedom.
9. in authoritarian governments, citizens primary role is to obey the laws and follow the rulers ______________.
10. in authoritarian governments, power flows from the top down, not from the ______________ up.

Explanation:

1. An unlimited government has no checks - and - balances to limit its power.
2. When a small group or one person holds ultimate power, it's an authoritarian system.
3. Totalitarian is often used interchangeably with authoritarian (though there are differences, in some basic contexts they are used this way).
4. Dictatorships and absolute monarchies have unrestricted power, so they are unlimited governments.
5. A dictator has unlimited power.
6. Dictators use the military to enforce their rule.
7. In an absolute monarchy, the ruler's word is law.
8. Authoritarian governments limit citizens' rights.
9. In authoritarianism, citizens follow the ruler's orders.
10. In authoritarianism, power is top - down, not bottom - up.

Answer:

1. checks - and - balances
2. authoritarian
3. totalitarian
4. unlimited
5. unlimited
6. military
7. law
8. rights
9. orders
10. bottom