Government Chapter 22 & 23 Comparative Governments & Economics

Which group could be members of the ruling body in the democracy of ancient Athens? (pg. 552)

• only free men

• only patricians

• only feudal lords

• only plebeians

Which helped the rise of sovereign states in Europe in the 1300s? (page 554)

• a new merchant class

• wealthy serfs

• the spread of democracy

• a large increase in population

The United Kingdom has a unitary government. What does this mean? (pg. 569)

• Central government power comes from local governments

• All power belongs to the central government

• All power comes from the prime minister

• All power comes from the House of Lords

Which of the following was a result of the Black Plague in Europe? (pg. 554)

• a larger population of serfs

• a rise in prices

• a weaker feudal system

• the loss of merchant's power

Which of the following was the name for the common people in ancient Rome? (pg. 552)

• merchants

• serfs

• patricians

• plebeians

Which is a way that monarchs gained legitimacy for their governments? (pg. 554)

• tradition

• consumerism

• direct democracy

• mercantilism

Which is a major reason that European powers established colonies all over the world? (pg. 555)

• They wanted to study and learn from new cultures

• They wanted to help educate people in their colonies

• They wanted resources such as gold and silver

• They wanted to bring people home to work in their factories

Which Enlightenment thinker criticized monarchs who became rich while their subjects became poor? (pg. 557)

• Emilio Zapata

• Simon Bolivar

• Karl Marx

• Adam Smith

Which best describes the changes to the British government during the 1600s? (pg. 558)

• A revolution and period of terror destroyed the British government

• Britain became a constitutional democracy like the United States

• Parliament began to lose power to the monarchy

• The monarchy began to lose power to Parliament

Which made it difficult for stable governments to form in colonial Spanish America? (pg. 560)

• Local democracies resisted change

• There was no tradition of popular sovereignty

• Peasants rejected feudal governments

• Peasants rejected the encomienda system