Foundation of Government Section 1 quiz

A constitution

• provides important services to citizens.

• makes life safer.

• describes how a government is to be organized.

• establishes a monarchy.

Dictators answer to

• the people they rule

• the military.

• themselves

• religious leaders

In a democracy, people rule

• directly or through elected officials

• through dictators

• other countries

• by electing a king or queen.

A representative democracy is a

• dictatorship.

• monarchy

• totalitarian government.

• republic

Each country’s government has been shaped by

• dictators.

• laws.

• police

• the beliefs and history of its people.

The system of government in the United States is called a

• monarchy.

• dictatorship.

• direct democracy.

• representative democracy.

By establishing schools, the government makes it possible for

• parents to work.

• all children to receive an education.

• all children to go to the library

• every family to educate its own children at home

One important purpose of the U.S. government is to

• control every aspect of citizens’ lives.

• lead peaceful protests.

• guarantee the freedoms of its citizens.

• respond to divine guidance.

A monarchy is a government controlled by

• a dictator

• a king or queen.

• Democrats.

• Republicans.

The word democracy comes from an ancient Greek term meaning

• the right of kings.

• to demonstrate freedom.

• the rule of the people

• one person rules