Question

What is the term for a government that exerts a great deal of power over the actions of the population but does not interfere with every aspect of their personal lives?
A. limited government

B. authoritarian government

C. totalitarian government

D. anarchy

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) authoritarian government.

The term for a government that exerts a great deal of power over the actions of the population but does not interfere with every aspect of their personal lives is "authoritarian government."

In an authoritarian government, a small group of officers or a leader that has the power to rule the nation. They exert all their power to rule the country. Citizens do not elect them, do not have a voice or freedom of speech. There is no democracy at all and in the case, there is an opposition party, it is limited and controlled by the authoritarian government. Totalitarian governments, on the other hand, are the ones that indeed exert a great deal of power over the actions of the population and interfere with every aspect of their personal lives.