Organizing A Government

One argument against a written constitution is that __________?

• it will change over time

• it is open to interpretation

• too many documents are used to make decisions

• it relies too heavily on individual leaders

New England farmers in the American colonies relied __________ than farmers in Southern colonies.

• less on slavery and more on indentured servants

• more on slavery and less on indentured servants

• more on raising crops and livestock for export

 

__________ is literally defined as "rule of the people," a form of government in which all citizens exercise political power, either directly or through their elected representatives.

• Democracy

• Parliament

• Republic

• Polity

Historically, constitutional governments did NOT include which of the following?

• Democracies

• Autocracies

• Republics

• Monarchies

A __________ is a set of customs, traditions, rules, and laws that sets forth the way a government is organized and operated.

• constitution

• democracy

• Parliament

• republic

 

One of the important lessons the Founders learned about government was that a constitution should limit government. The other was that government __________.

• should be the servant of the people

• must allow free, unrestricted markets

• always becomes corrupt over time

• works best under majority rule

Aristotle was concerned about the distribution of wealth and its effect on social stability. He concluded that the most stable countries are those that mostly consist of people of __________.

• extreme wealth

• stable poverty

• moderate wealth

• great wealth and people who have just enough to live on

European immigrants came to the American colonies for __________ reasons.

• religious

• economic

• religious and economic

• None of the choices

How many people were enslaved in the American colonies in 1760?

• None. Slavery was outlawed.

• 3000

• 30,000

• 300,000

The British legislature, which consists of two houses: the House of Lords, which once represented the nobility, and the House of Commons, which formally represents the common people is called __________.

• an aristocracy

• a monarchy

• a republic

• Parliament