Review Quiz - Intro to American Government

What is the process called by which a person becomes a US citizen?

• Immigration

• naturalization

• emigration

Most US immigrants (28%) are from

• Mexico

• Central and South America

• Asia

• Europe

The institutions that make public policy for a society are known as

• government

• politics

• Congress

• the executive branch

No one is above the law! This is known as

• limited government

• popular sovereignty

• democracy

• rule of law

The word democracy comes from the Greek. It means

• if a government is corrupt, people should rebel

• we elect our leaders to represent us

• alll men are created equal

• power comes from the people

In the first democracy in ancient Greece, people actually made laws themselves. This is known as

• a republic.

• direct democracy.

• constitutional monarchy

• communism

The political and economic system in which the government controls all means of production is known as

• democratic socialism

• communism

• republicanism

• constitutionalism

Thomas Jefferson said that our unalienable rights include all of the following EXCEPT

• life

• liberty

• pursuit of happiness

• success

Where do our natural rights, or unalienable rights, come from?

• the people

• the government

• God

• nowhere

Our economic system in which most businesses are privately owned and the government tries not to intervene is known as

• free market

• capitalism

• laissez faire

• all of the above