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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the institution through which policy is made and enforced?PoliticsPolitical ScienceGovernmentPublic Policy
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a form of government in which power is vested in hereditary kings and queens who govern in the interest of all?MonarchyOligarchyTotalitarianismAuthoritarianism
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a government in which power resides in a leader who rules according to self-interest?MonarchyTotalitarianismOligarchyDemocracy
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a government in which power resides in a leader who rules according to self-interest?MonarchyTotalitarianismOligarchyDemocracy
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat word refers to the the rule of the people?GovernmentPoliticsMonarchyDemocracy
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat term refers to members of a society meeting and making decisions with majority rule?GovernmentPoliticsDirect DemocracyRepresentative Democracy
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat term refers to a society in which members vote for representatives who make decisions on their behalf?GovernmentPoliticsDirect DemocracyRepresentative Democracy
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat term refers to a society in which members vote for representatives who make decisions on their behalf?GovernmentPoliticsDirect DemocracyRepresentative Democracy
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is another word for a representative democracy?MonarchyRepublicOligarchySocialist state
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher believed that people had natural rights and advocated for the social contract?Thomas HobbesJohn LockeJean-Jacques RousseauMontesquieu
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is NOT considered a natural right by a certain political philosopher we emphasized in class?LifeLibertyPropertyWealth
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat theory argues that people should rebel against kings that do not respect the right of the governed?Pluralism theorySocial Contract theoryHyperpluralism theoryElite theory
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho authored the Declaration of Independence?James MadisonBenjamin FranklinGeorge WashingtonThomas Jefferson
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThis was the first governing document of the United States.ConstitutionArticles of ConfederationFirst Continental CongressSecond Continental Congress
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was NOT a strength of the Articles of Confederation?It had a strong executive branchIt was a governing document that helped end the Revolutionary WarIt created a post officeIt acted as one nation for foreign disputes
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?Inability to tax and no national government to coin moneyGave states sovereigntyNo executive or judicial branchLack of money to put down rebellions
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