Government Unit 1 Review

Who believed in a separation of powers by dividing the government into separate branches?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Voltaire

Which philosopher argued that if the government violates our natural rights, we have a right to overthrow the government?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Mary Wollstonecraft

A society in which private property and social class do not exist and the government controls the factors of production is called

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

• None of the above

Which type of government was established by the United States Constitiution?

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Republic

Which type of government uses religion as a basis for decision making?

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

Which important document established that monarchs (Kings and Queens) were required to follow the law.

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• Magna Carta

• U.S. Bill of Rights

Who wrote the "Two Treatises of Government" which stated that all people were given natural rights that the government was contracted to protect?

• Charles de Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• William Blackstone

Which principle is demonstrated in the first 3 words of the U.S. Constitution, "We the People"?

• Limited government
• Consent of the governed
• Democracy
• Representative government

In a direct democracy

• the people vote directly on every issue.

• the government is centered around a religious belief.

• a ruler has complete and total power.

• the people elect leaders to solve their problems through legislation.

Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of

• desires to separate from England

• lists of rights of all people

• complaints of wrongs done to colonists

• threats of revenge