CHALLENGE ACTIVITY: Pretend you are a leader of an ancient Greek polis, or city-state, dealing with all the same problems and circumstances the real city-states of the time faced. Write your own set of laws that would improve both security and quality of life or the citizens who live there.

Two of these describe “federalism." (choose two answers) select one or more: a. the national government absolutely controls all state governments. b. power is shared by the national and state governments. c. state governments exercise absolute power over the national government. d. it is a compromise meant to eliminate the disadvantages of a “unitary” and a “confederate” system.