Unit 3 Foundations of Government

Unit 3 Foundations of Government

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Multiple Choice

A(n) __________ is someone who exposes the ethical misdeeds of others.

• whistleblower

• ethics advocate

• ombudsman

• stakeholder

Multiple Choice

In a direct democracy_________.

• ževery citizen gets to vote.
• žonly chosen representatives get to vote.
• žonly the Kings get to vote.
• žonly males get to vote.

Multiple Choice

All Students attending the University of Georgia get to vote for a new mascot.

• Representative Democracy 
• Direct Democracy 

Multiple Choice

The US gets our ideas about reprentative democracy from 

• ancient Greece

• Ancient Rome

Multiple Choice

One reason Hammurabi's code is famous is that

• it was the first set of laws recorded in writing

• it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for historians to translate

• it was beautifully written on a single giant stone of polished basalt

• it was the first set of laws to rhyme to help people remember them

Multiple Choice

How would you describe his laws?

• Fair and balanced.
• Very harsh by our modern standards.
•  Too lenient (easy on the offender)
• complicated

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What is Hammurabi's Code?

• a collection of 282 laws believed to be the first written laws

• a group of soldiers and noblemen who lived in ancient Mesopotamia

• the ancient idea that a punishment should fit the crime

• the punishment for stealing sheep from a nobleman in ancient Mesopotamia

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from the text.

In an effort to make the punishment fit the crime, Hammurabi’s Code often required the criminal to receive the same injury that he or she had inflicted on a victim. Such laws may seem harsh today, but they were intended to prevent society from descending into chaos and disorder.

Based on this evidence, what might King Hammurabi have wanted to promote in society?

• chaos and confusion

• justice and order

• anger and violence

• wealth and fortune

Multiple Choice

Which doesn't belong

• representative democracy

• Constitutional democracy

• direct democracy

• democratic republic

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In a pluralist system of democracy

• no one group has too much power-have to fight for influence

• a small group of people dominate the power system

• the king has the most power

• a prime minister has the power

Multiple Choice

Executive and Legislative branch are both part of Parliament. (Executive and Legislative branch combined.)

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Both

Multiple Choice

Citizens vote to elect the leader directly.

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Both

Multiple Choice

The leader of the executive branch is the chief executive of government

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Both

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All 3 branches of government are separate

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Both

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All 3 branches of government answer to the legislature.

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Both

Multiple Choice

What 13th century document established the rights listed below?
- Basic rights of citizens
- Rule of law
- Representative assemblies

• the Constitution
• Napoleonic Code
• the Communist Manifesto
• the Magna Carta

Multiple Choice

Which idea describes the Magna Carta of 1215?

• to increase the power of the monarchy
• to end taxation in England
• to force the monarchy to give up power
• to weaken the power of nobles

Multiple Choice

Why is the Magna Carta an important document in British history?

• It was the first document to place limits on the king's power
• It outlawed feudalism and gave voting rights to all citizens
• It established Parliament as the nation's legislative body.
• It determined England's physical boundaries

Multiple Select

In America, we associate the Magna Carta with this principle of government

• limited goverment

• free speech

• freedom of religion

• financial literacy

• rule of law

Multiple Choice

The Enlightenment is

• a time of rebirth
• a time when science ruled
• intellectual movement--focused on reason and logic

• a time when technology ruled

Multiple Choice

________ was a time period in which the use of reason guided people's thoughts about philosophy, society, and politics.

• Enlightenment

• Salons

• Encyclopedia

• Reformation

• Renaissance

Multiple Choice

Leviathan, 1651 : Asserted humans are basically brutish and evil in a state of nature, argued for the necessity of an absolute monarchy

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

• Philosophers
• Democracy
• Social Contract
• Divine Right of Kings

Multiple Choice

Which statement would John Locke agree most with?

• The purpose of government is to protect us from ourselves.

• The purpose of government is to protect our Natural Rights.

Multiple Choice

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

Natural Rights

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Freedom
• Rights to say what we want, when we want to.

Multiple Choice

Voltaire was a big believer in which of the following?

• Freedom of Speech
• People are born wicked
• People are born free and equal
• The social contract

Multiple Choice

Voltaire was a big influence on which foundational document?

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

Which foundational document to Voltaire have much influence over?

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• ARticles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

Montesquieu had a big influence on what principle?

• Separation of powers

• judicial review

• limited government

• all men created equal