US Government Unit 1 Benchmark Review - Shortish

In a representative government people do what?

• Elect delegates to create laws and run government.
• Elect delegates to create laws and run schools.
• Elect laws and run government.
• Elect delegates to run government.

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

What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship 
• Oligarchy

A type of government that is ran by representatives of the people is called a____.

• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

What type of government has a king or queen that holds all the power?

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Direct Democracy
• Republic

Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.

• Anarchy
• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

The Force Theory suggests which of the following about government?

• Government is made up of weak, ineffectual leaders.
• Government has both weak and strong leaders.
• Government originated from strong leaders who used force to maintain order.
• Government was created simply by accident, some having weak and others having strong leaders.

The evolutionary theory suggested what about government?

• Governments are slowly evolved over time and randomly came together.
• Governments are based on the primitive family unit, with the male as the traditional head.
• The Evolutionary theory has no real explanation on government.
• None of the above.

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________. 

• The ability of Congress to tax.
• The inability of Congress to tax.
• The ability of Congress to declare war.
• The ability of Congress to create courts.

Under the Articles of Confederation, states printed their own currency (money)

• True

• False