Question

What actions characterize authoritarian governments? Select three answers.

Leaders often seize power by illegitimate means.
All citizens prosper under the government.
Citizens support the government’s official ideology.
A single leader or a very powerful group rules.
Leaders refuse to tolerate dissenting views.

Answer 1

- Leaders often seize power by illegitimate means.
- A single leader or a very powerful group rules.
- Leaders refuse to tolerate dissenting views.

(Authoritarian regimes concentrate power in one person/group, often come to or keep power through non-democratic means, and suppress opposition; widespread prosperity or genuine popular support for an official ideology are not defining features.)