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- 1. Multiple Choice
In a ________ system of government, power is centralized.
constitutional
parliamentary
unitary
devolutionary
- 2. Multiple Choice
What form of government was ruled by all citizens?
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Direct Democracy
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which system of government is represented by the illustration in the center of the graphic?
Unitary
Federal
Totalitarian
Confederal
- 4. Multiple Choice
This philosopher proposed that separation of powers and checks and balances would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of a government.
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Rousseau
Locke
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these would not take place in an authoritarian system of government?
Local political officials take order from national officials.
Government leaders decide what jobs people may have.
Government leaders dictate what will be taught in schools.
Political parties compete in election for control of the government.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which type of government listed in this chart best describes the government established by the U.S. Constitution?
a dictatorship
a monarchy
a republic
a theocracy
- 7. Multiple Choice
An oligarchy can best be described as a government that is ruled by
a king.
the people
a small elite.
religious leaders.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describe the form of government of the United States.
direct democracy
military democracy
constitutional democracy
representative democracy
- 9. Multiple Choice
The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the states is called
federalism
nationalism
syndicalism
parliamentary
- 10. Multiple Choice
How are parliamentary and presidential democracies different?
There is no separation of executive and legislative powers in presidential democracies than in parliamentary democracies.
There is more separation of executive and legislative power in parliamentary democracies than in presidential democracies.
In presidential democracies, citizens elect the leader of the government. In parliamentary democracies, citizens do not have the right to vote
In parliamentary democracies, citizens elect the leaders of the government. In presidential democracies, citizens do not have the right to vote.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following prohibited the English King from raising taxes without the consent of Parliament or imprisoning anyone without just cause?
Habeas Corpus
Petition of Rights
English Bill of Rights
Rights of Man and Citizen
- 12. Multiple Choice
Both John Locke and Thomas Jefferson wrote about the natural rights of man. In what document are these "inalienable rights" specifically mentioned?
the Bill of Rights
the Mayflower Compact
the Preamble to the Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
- 13. Multiple Choice
One difference between a parliamentary and a presidential democratic government is that in a presidential system the chief executive is
the leader of the legislature.
responsible to the legislature.
a member of the majority party.
head of government and head of state.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following basic concepts of government did the Magna Carta represent?
limited government
ordered government
representative government
whole government
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which English Philosopher was the first to see the idea of the 3 branches of government being independent and a government with a system of checks and balances?
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
- 16. Multiple Choice
In this excerpt, Hobbes proposed...
the establishment of a democracy.
the right to rebel against unjust rulers
the establishment of a supreme legislature.
the social contract as this basis of government.
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