Ch. 1 Quiz

What type of government is based on the ideal that all citizens are equal before the law?

• autocracy
• democracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy

Newspaper Headline: Virginia Elects Senator Todd!
This headline is an example of what fundamental principle?

• Rule of Law
• Limited Government
• Democracy
• Representative Government

Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights (Life, liberty, property):

• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau

The powers of government are divided into three branches

• Separation of Powers
• Federalism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Individual Rights

What branch of government is the president a part of?

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Municipal

What branch of government is Congress a part of?

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Municipal

What branch of government is the Supreme Court a part of?

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Municipal

What branch of government is the Senate a part of?

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Municipal

Which of the following describes federalism?

• System with a weak central government and strong states
• System with a strong central government and weak states
• System of shared power between national and state governments
• System of shared power between national government and the king

I represent southern MN in District 1 in the House of Representatives. 

• Tim Walz
• Mark Dayton
• Barak Obama
• Joe Biden