Unit 1 Test Review

Which BEST describes an oligarchy?

• small group of people in control

• one person in control

• representatives elected by the people

• a leader with absolute power

Montesquieu argued for a legislative, executive, and judicial branch in his writing "Spirit of Laws". This is BEST described as __________.

• Checks and Balances

• Majority Rule

• Separation of Powers

• Survival of the Fittest

The Declaration of Independence says governments are given to protect our rights. Which term describes this philosophy?

• Separation of Powers

• State of Nature

• Social Contract Theory

• Popular Sovereignty

John Locke version of the Social Contract said that the government had a responsibility to protect man's rights. If the gov't failed to do this, ________

• man must submit to authority

• man could overthrow the gov't

• man could elect a new king

• man should wait for a better leader

The English Bill of Rights _________________.

• Established a constitutional monarchy

• Gave sole authority to the king

• Gave Americans basic liberties

• Limited the power of the king

William and Mary were forced to sign the English Bill of Rights to rule England after the ______________.

• Petition of Rights

• Glorious Revolution

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

The Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, and English Bill of Rights all influenced_________.

• The American government

• The Enlightenment Period

• The Glorious Revolution

• The British Parliament

The U.S. first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, established a group of independent states loosely bound together. This was a _____________ form of gov't.

• Federal

• Confederal

• Unitary

• Authoritarian

The Petition of Rights was written to protect _______.

• property

• wealth

• civil liberties

• the throne

A simpler form of gov't that allows for laws that are similar for the whole nation but may ignore local needs because the national gov't makes all laws.

• federal

• unitary

• authoritarian

• parliamentary