Practice Civics Quiz

1. A system of government in which rule is by the people is called 

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatatorship

The idea ijn our Declaration of Independence that all men have natural rights including "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" comes from which Enlightenment thinker

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Charles Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Why was there slavery in ancient Athens?

• Athens had a Constitution that protected enslavement.

• Freedom became associated with whiteness and enslavement with blackness giving citizens permission to enslave others.

• Over 10 million Africans were transported across the Mediterranean and enslaved to help Athenians win wars against their neighbors.

• It provided citizens the time to participate in every government decision and allowed the city-state to grow rich.

What is civil disobedience?

• A violent protest against the government
• A form of peaceful protest where people refuse to obey certain laws
• A military strategy used in wars
• A type of political party

Why was theatre important to ancient Athens?

• It was a form of entertainment

• It was a way to train their soldiers
• It a way for Athenians to voice their opinions

• It was a method for teaching agriculture

Before there were governments is called

• social contract

• state of nature

• Locke

• natural rights

What form of government does the US have?

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

When a small group of people control the government it is called a

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• theocracy

In a social contract people give up

• some rights and power in  exchange for protection by the government

• money in exchange for protection by the government

• some rights and power in  exchange for money

• their right to vote in exchange for citizenship

When laws are fair and no one can break the law even the ruler, we call that

• social contract

• rule of law

• separation of powers

• checks and balances