C.3.2 The student will compare parliamentary, federal, confederal, and unitary systems of government.
parliamentary confederal federal power is located with the states and there is little power in the central government federal used in the United States where power is shared between a central government and states parliamentary a system of government where power lies with the legislative body and the leader of the country is part of the legislature; the people elect the legislatures and the legislatures elect the executive as a leader
unitary Prime minister president governor unitary Prime minister unitary a system of government where almost all power is located with the central government president the executive in a federal system; elected by the people Prime minister the executive a parliamentary system; elected by the legislator governor the executive of a state government