Unit 1 Test Review

Unit 1 Test Review

Format of test

• 30 questions

• 4 questions are matching

• 26 questions are multiple choice

Multiple Choice

This is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.

• Sovereignty

• Government

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

What are the four characteristics of a state?

• Population

• Territory

• Sovereignty

• Government

Four theories on the origin of state

• Force - single person or small group taking over and making all in the area submit to their rule

• Evolutionary - the state developed from the early family

• Divine Right - God gave those of royal birth the right to rule

• Social Contract - the state came out of the voluntary act of free people

Multiple Choice

What states the main purposes of the US Government?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Preamble

• Declaration of Independence

• Article I of the Constitution

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a way governments can be classified?

• Who can participate

• Relationship between Executive and Legislative Branches

• Geographic distribution of governmental power

• How many people they have in office

Multiple Choice

In what type of government does supreme political authority rest with the people?

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Fascism

Types of Democracy

• Direct - people make the laws themselves

• Indirect - representatives are elected to make the laws for the people <- this is what we have in the United States

Types of Dictatorships

• Autocracy - single person holds unlimited power

• Oligarchy - power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

Multiple Choice

Which form of government has all powers held by a single, central agency?

• Confederation

• Unitary system

• Direct democracy

• Federal system

Multiple Choice

A federal government is

• a government which has power split between a central government and several local governments.

• a state government.

• an alliance of independent states.

• a government which has all power held by a single central agency.

Relationship between Legislative and Executive

• Presidential Government - people elect both the legislative and executive branches, the branches are separate and coequal

• Parliamentary Government - people elect the legislative branch and then the legislative branch chooses an executive from their body

Basic notions US government is built on

• A recognition of the fundamental worth and dignity of every person

• A respect for the equality of all persons

• A faith in majority rule and an insistence upon minority rights

• An acceptance of the necessity of compromise

• An insistence upon the widest possible degree of individual freedom

Free Enterprise System

an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control; and determined in a free market.

Multiple Choice

An economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion is called

• a free enterprise system

• a mixed economy

• communism

• socialism

Duties and Responsibilities

• Duties

  •Serving on a jury or as a witness

  •Attending school

  •Paying taxes

  •Obeying laws

  
  

• Responsibilties

  •Voting, volunteering, understanding the workings of gov’t

Multiple Choice

The English Colonists brought all of the following concepts of government to America, EXCEPT

• Need for government

• Following the leader of a country without question

• Representative government

• Limited government

Multiple Choice

All of the following documents influenced the Bill of Rights, EXCEPT

• Virginia Bill of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

Multiple Choice

All of the following are types of colonies in North America EXCEPT

• charter

• royal

• free

• proprietary

Multiple Choice

Until the mid-1700s, the colonies were allowed a great deal of freedom in their governments by the English monarchy.

• True

• False

The Albany Plan

• Created by Benjamin Franklin

• Annual congress of delegates

• Ahead of its time

First Continental Congress

• Sent Declaration of Rights and Grievances to King George III

• Urged colonists to stop trading with England

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Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a common feature of state constitutions?

• Popular sovereignty

• Civil rights and liberties

• Limited government

• Unitary systems

Multiple Choice

Under the Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to do all of the following EXCEPT

• deal with national finance issues

• declare war

• tax

• settle disputes among the States

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• No executive branch to enforce the acts of Congress

• All states had to agree to pass laws

• No national court system

• Congress could not tax