Government Unit 1

In a Constitutional Republic, the authority is in the hands of--

• Kings

• National Committee

• Representatives

• Political Parties

Which of the following fundamental principles of government is necessary for the protection of individual rights?

• Establishment of majority rule

• respecting the rule of law

• providing for a common defense

• following parliamentary procedure

The founding of the US has roots in philosophies developed primarily during the--

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

• Commercial Revolution

Democracy requires all of the following EXCEPT:

• A large, powerful upper class

• Public school system

• network of social services

• Citizen participation in civic life

Which of the following is an idea the leaders of the American Revolution shared with Enlightenment thinkers?

• Colonies exist to provide raw materials and markets for mother countries

• The people have the right to overthrow their government if it abuses its power

• Governments may restrict freedom of speech and of the press during times of crisis

• Factories and businesses should be owned by the government rather than by individuals

In which type of government do citizens have the greatest political control?

• Unitary

• Democracy

• Oligarcy

• Autocracy

John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Voltaire all had what influence on the United States?

• They were Europeans who came to help the Americans fight the British during the Revolution

• They were European political thinkers who influenced the ideas of American Leaders at the time of the American Revolution

• They were Europeans whose inventions sparked the American Industrial Revolution

• They were European philosophers who met with Thomas Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence.

Which of the following features of government is most commonly shared by modern constitutional democracies?

• the appointment of the judiciary by the head of the executive branch

• a means of enabling individual citizens to vote on questions not addressed by the legislature

• the popular election of members of the legislative branch of government

• a sharing of power between central government and subordinate governmental units

Differences concerning which of the following issues caused the greatest dissension between British authorities and American Patriots in the time period before the American Revolution?

• the crown's insistence on the king's right to appoint colonial governors

• colonial demands for reform of the provincial legal system

• Parliament's insistence on its claim to sovereignty in legislative matters

• colonial demands for increased popular participation in elections

In what way did the Enlightenment influence the colonists as they united under the ideology expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• it emphasized the value of the individual and proclaimed the doctrine of natural rights

• it united colonists under a sense of entitlement as a people uniquely blessed by Divine Providence

• It rejected the legitimacy of any government based in heredity in favor of direct democratic rule

• it introduced for the first time the concept of limited government and self rule