Civics Unit 1 Foundations of Government

In the declaration Jefferson implied that the King violated rule of law by _________

• had absolute authority and should be obeyed regardless

• should be replaced with a new king

• had broken the social contract and no longer had to be obeyed

• should be put in jail

What form of government does all citizens vote on every decision?

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

in a presidential type leadership the legislative branch and executive branch are separate but equal.

• True

• False

What system of government is divided up into 3 equal branches?

• Confederal

• Unitary

• Federal

If a government does not protect the citizens natural rights then they can what?

• get help from another country

• jail those officials

• abolish that government

• call for an initiative

who believed in Natural Rights (unalienable)

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

Who believed in recall, referendum and initiative

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

Who believed in direct democracy

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

Which is describing an Autocracy

• power in the hands of a single person

• power in the hands of a small group of people

• power in the hands of the people

• the government has no sovereignty

Which is describing an Democracy

• power in the hands of a single person

• power in the hands of a small group of people

• power in the hands of the people

• the government has no sovereignty