Module 1 Unit Test Review

This type of government is governed by a constitution that places the power in individuals and limits the power of the government through a system of checks and balances. Basic rights such as life, liberty and property are protected.

• Democracy

• Constitutional Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

Why does a country or government need laws?

• To help protect the rights of its citizens

• To protect citizens from people who might want to cause them harm

• Both A and B are correct

Identify one service/job that the United States government provides for its citizens?

• Restaurants

• Shopping Malls

• Police Officers

• Home Builder

Identify the 3 branches of government in the United States.

• Judicial, Legislative, and Executive

• Judicial, Legislative, and Corporate

• Executive, Legislative, and Corporate

• Executive, Legislative, and Congress

In which type of government are leaders elected by the citizens voting?

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Communism

• Democracy

Identify the 3 regions of the 13 colonies.

• New England, Northern, Southern

• Northern, Southern, Southwest

• New England, Middle, Southern

• Northern, Middle, Southwest

Which act said only the East India Company could sell their product to the colonists?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

Which document used John Locke’s idea that everyone has natural rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” which cannot be taken away?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Magna Carta

The Articles of Confederation did not have a(n) __________ branch of government, so there was no one to decide if the laws were fair or not.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Unicameral

• Judicial

_________ is when power is divided between the federal and state governments.

• Federalism

• States Rights

• Unitary System

• Dictatorship