Civics Unit #1 Test

All of the following are reasons we need government except....

• Maintain Order and Provide Security
• Establish Laws
• Provide Public Services
• Teach us morals

Check the box for each item that describes one of the ways we limit government and prevent it from gaining too much power.

• Rule of Law
• A Constitution
• Consent of the Governed
• Rights of the Minority
• Separation Of Powers

When a government is ruled by a small group of people, usually a family or group of military leaders.

• Theocracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy

The form of government when the citizens have all the power.

• Theology
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship

A government that is ruled by a king or queen

• Oligarchy
• Anarchy
• Democracy
• Monarchy

When a government makes their rules and laws based on a religion.

• Anarchy
• Theology
• Democracy
• Monarchy

Government where one person has all the power and controls all aspects of citizens lives.

• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Anarchy

This is the type of government where no one is in charge and their are no rules, every man for himself!

• Anarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy

Democracy where citizens participate in lawmaking themselves.

• Direct Democracy
• Single Democracy
• Representative Democracy
• Citizens Democracy

The type of democracy we have in the United States, where citizens elect representatives to make laws.

• Direct Democracy
• Single Democracy
• Represenative Democracy
• Citizens Democracy