Chapter 2: The First Government

A king or a queen is a ____________________.

• monarch

• congress

• federalist

• dictator

Type of government where people choose their leader or elected representative.

• Democracy

• Non-democratic

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

A ____________________ is a person who rules with complete and absolute power.

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

What type of government is ruled by force? 

• Theocracy 
• Democarcy
• Dictatorship 
• Monarchy 

A government ruled by a king or queen.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Democracy 

Most of the ideas and traditions that influenced the American government came from the colonist's British heritage.

• True

• False

This document limited the power of the King of England. It was the first document to check the power of the king by declaring that people could not be arrested or put in prison without given a trial by a jury.

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

This document creates the government of the United States and includes all political principles and laws.

• U.S. Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

Which right was established by the Magna Carta?

• the right to vote in elections

• the right to choose a monarch by the people

• the right to freedom of speech

• the right to a trial by jury