Civics Unit 1- Vocab Review

The British policy of ignoring the American colonists was known as

• colonial ignorance

• salutary neglect

• mercantilism

• self-government

Why was the Mayflower Compact significant?

• It demonstrated the need for separation of powers.

• It demonstrated that colonists would be disloyal to the king

• It demonstrated the necessity of self-government in the New World

• It demonstrated the need for cooperation with Native Americans

Why is the French and Indian War considered a cause of the American Revolution?

• The British went into debt to protect their North American colonies, they enforced tax laws to recoup the cost of the war.

• The British refused to defend their North American colonies from the French, souring their relationship.

• The British lost the French and Indian war, angering their colonists in North America.

• After the French and Indian War, the British gave their North American holdings back to Native American tribes.

John Locke contributed to changes in relationships between citizens and governments through his belief that...

• Most changes in government are dangerous

• Absolute monarchy is the most effective form of government

• Popular liberties should be limited by the need for social order

• Governments are instituted to protect citizens’ rights

The Declaration of Independence states, “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.”

These words describe the enlightened idea of...

• the need to ensure a representative government

• the return to a society that has no central authority

• the need for a powerful monarch

• the revolutionary intent to overthrow the current government

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” 

 - James Madison Federalist No. 47

Which constitutional principle does Madison advocate in the above quote?

• Popular sovereignty

• Consent of the governed

• Separation of powers

• Rule of law

What do monarchies and dictatorships have in common?

• They both allow popular participation

• They both involve passing power from parents to children

• They are both democratic in nature

• They are both authoritarian in nature

How are republics different from democracies?

• In Republics, people elect leaders while they vote directly on laws in democracies

• Republics are authoritarian and democracies are based on popular participation

• People get to vote in republics but not in democracies

• In Republics, people vote directly on laws while they elect leaders in democracies

Saudi Arabia is led by a king. The king appoints a Council of Ministers to help govern, but there are no elections. Saudi Arabia’s Basic Law states that the country’s constitution is the Islamic holy book the Qur’an and other religious traditions. What types of government does Saudi Arabia utilize?

• Republic and Democracy

• Anarchy and Oligarchy

• Theocracy and Monarchy

• Monarchy and Republic

How did Machiavelli’s concept of leadership encourage monarchs to treat their subjects?

• He encouraged monarchs to employ a series of strict punishments to keep order among their subjects

• He encouraged monarchs to display love toward their subjects in order to obtain their respect.

• He encouraged monarchs to promise to improve the standard of living for their subjects.

• He encouraged monarchs to create fear among their subjects in orderto obtain their loyalty