Government Test 1 Review

Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence most clearly reflects the idea that the people are the source of government?

• all men are created equal

• all men are endowed with certain unalienable rights

• deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

• governments long established should not be changed

The unalienable rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are derived mainly from

• Magna Carta

• divine right monarchs of Europe

• John Locke's theory of natural rights

• Marxist philosophy

This system of government gives all key powers to the national government

• federal

• anarchy

• confederation

• unitary

A loose union of independent states is a

• federal system

• constitutional government

• confederation

• unitary system

Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called

• an autocracy

• a democracy

• a monarchy

• an oligarchy

The form of democracy that we have in the United States is called

• direct democracy

• socialistic democracy

• representative democracy

• The United States does not have a democratic government

This system divides governmental power between the state and national governments

• socialist

• unitary

• confederation

• federal

Any system of government in which a small group holds power is called

• democracy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• autocracy

Magna Carta was important because it

• was America's first legislature

• separated church and state

• established a limited government

• gave power to the colonies

This document stated why the 13 colonies wanted to separate from Great Britain and form a new nation

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Right

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence