Govt 2305 Exam 1

What captures the idea of political equality

• The right of community’s members to pay taxes

• The right of community members

• The right of community members to participate in politics on equal terms

• The right of members to participate in society

An oligarchy is a small group in power

• True

• False

a government with formal limits placed upon it is called…

• Democracy/ constitutional

• autocracy

• Totalitarian

• No government

Government with no limit and controls nations politically, economically, and socially

• Democracy

• Tribal

• Totalitarian

• Republic

Authoritarianism is a government with few limits (some imposed by social groups)

• True

• False

Autocracy is ruled by

• One

• Many

• Groups

• No one, free for all

direct democracy, citizens vote directly on laws and policies

• True

• False

Which is the idea of placing power in hands of people

• Democracy

• Popular sovereignty

• Fascism

• Socialism

Majority of foreign born individuals in US originally are from-

• 1790 Europe

• 1900 Latin America

• West Asia

• Caribbean

Democratic republic/ representative democracy is-

• Voting

• A system in which the government is in complete control of all aspects

• a small group of officials voted into office that make decisions for the people

• Citizens get a regular opportunity to elect top officials