2020 Civics Unit Test #1 Review DMS

What form of government has just one ruler that controls everything?

• Autocracy

• Direct Democracy

• Ruler

• Socialism

What system of government has a strong central government that gives some power to the state governments?

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Oligarchy

• Federal

The Enlightenment period is when people began to do what on their own, realizing they didn't need a ruler to tell them what to do?

• Study

• Cook

• Drive

• Think

John Locke was a philosopher who believed that people acquired their natural rights...

• after they became citizens.

• as soon as they became an adult.

• when they were born.

• as soon as they entered school.

Baron de Montesquieu believed in Separation of Power and Checks and Balances. In which government did he first see these ideas?

• United States

• Britain/England

• Russia/USSR

• France

John Locke said that the three natural rights were...

• Life, Liberty, and Freedom

• Life, Liberty, and Property

• Life, Liberty, and Justice

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Montesquieu believed in Separation of Powers, which we use in the United States. How is our government separated?

• Into 1 large branch

• Into 2 branches

• Into 3 branches

• Into 4 branches

Who is in the Legislative Branch of the U. S. ?

• Donald Trump

• The Senate & House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court Justices

• The Vice President

The Magna Carta was a document created by the English Parliament that...

• was created by two brothers named Carta the Elder and Carta the Younger.

• gave equal rights to men, women, and children.

• limited the power of the king.

• created a new government for the colonists.

Thomas Paine wrote a document called what?

• General Knowledge

• Common Sense

• It's all Wrong

• It's just Unfair