2.1 Lesson Check Review

1. A constitution...

• provides important services to citizens
• makes life safer
• describes how a government is to be organized
• establishes a monarchy

2. Dictators answer to ...

• the people they rule
• the military
• themselves
• religious leaders

3. In a democracy, people rule ...

• directly or through elected officials
• through dictators
• other countries
• by electing a king or queen

4. A representative democracy is a ...

• dictatorship
• monarchy
• totalitarian government
• republic

5. Each country's government has been shaped by...

• dictators
• laws
• police
• the beliefs and history of its people

6. The system of government in the United States is called a...

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• direct democracy
• representative democracy

7. By establishing schools, the government makes it possible for...

• parents to work
• all children to receive an education
• all children to have access to books
• all of the above

8. One important purpose of the US government is to...

• control every aspect of citizens' lives
• lead peaceful protests
• guarantee the freedoms of its citizens
• provide money to all citizens

9. A monarchy is a government controlled by ...

• a dictator
• a king or queen
• Democrats
• Republicans

10. The word democracy comes from an ancient Greek term meaning...

• the rights of kings
• to demonstrate freedom
• the rule of the people
• one person rules