Government EOC Review

In which type of government would the individual citizen have the MOST voice in government?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Parliamentary System

In which type of government system is the individual citizen least likely to have a voice?

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

What type of democracy has each citizen voting on every single issue?

• Monarchical democracy

• Autocratic democaracy

• Representative democracy

• Direct democracy

Which type of democracy is found in The United State?

• Monarchical democracy

• Autocratic democracy

• Representative democracy

• Direct democracy

What was the first successful attempt in England to limit the power of the monarch?

• Petition of Right

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

In what year was The Magna Carta signed by King John to limit the power of the monarch?

• 1000

• 1215

• 1500

• 2015

Which of the following was one of the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• The central government was too weak

• The national government had the power to force the states to pay taxes

• There was a national court system to settle disputes between states

• The central government could force states to cooperate with one another

Under the Articles of Confederation, how could the central government be best described?

• Very Strong

• Moderately Strong

• Weak

• It did not exist

Which of the following is an example of checks and balances?

• The President makes an executive agreement with a foreign head of state.

• The President vetoes a bill passed by Congress.

• The Senate adjourns at the end of the year.

• The Supreme Court affirms a ruling in a case appealed from a lower court.

What are the three branches of our government?

• Legislative, executive, and judicial

• Legislative, bureaucracy, and judicial

• Presidential, Supreme Court, and Congress

• Confederation, judicial, and representative