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Government Unit 1 Test

Authored by Andrew Mullins

History

12th Grade

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Government Unit 1 Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Democracy means rule by the people. Which of the following is type of government that has democratic principles?

Republic
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Absolute Monarchy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A country that chooses to divide power between its federal government and state or provincial governments is known as a

Theocracy
Communist state
Unitary State
Federal State

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify TWO groups that the American Founding Fathers admired. This admiration is most likely due to both groups' representative governments and culture.

Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Mesoamerica

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This English document, written in 1215, represents an early example of a ruler/king being placed "under the law" and  is seen as the foundation of individual rights in England and eventually the United States.

Provisions of Oxford
English Bill of Rights
Petition of Right
Magna Carta

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This English document said the king could not raise taxes without the consent of Parliament and inspired the United States' Founding Fathers, leading to the American cry of "no taxation without representation."

Provisions of Oxford
English Bill of Rights
Petition of Right
Magna Carta

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This joining of this Native American group, centered on New York, inspired founder Benjamin Franklin especially in regards to the idea of federalism. 

Lakota Confederacy
Cherokee Nation
Nez Perce Reublic
Iroquois Confederacy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes claim was the best way to protect the rights of individuals.

Separation of Church and State
Separation of Powers
Strong Centralized Government/Monarchy
Democracy

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