First Semester Review Part 1 (Ch 1-2)

The United States uses what type of government?

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

This form of government has a King and Queen

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

This form of government has a single ruler and uses violence to maintain rule.

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Republic

Dividing power of government between state and federal (national) governments is known as what?

• Division

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Totalitarianism

In which document did we first see the idea of limited government?

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

A legislature that has two chamber (or houses) is known as

• unicameral

• bicameral

• tricameral

• quadcameral

Which Enlightenment Era thinker was associated with the Social Contract Theory?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Smith

What is the best example of separation of powers in the United States government?

• Separation of church and state

• The three branches of government

What significant American document was signed on July 4, 1776

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

What was America's first form of government, post Revolutionary war?

• The Constitution

• The Virginia Plan

• The Connecticut Plan

• The Articles of Confederation