Unit 2 Test Review

What did the 2nd Continental Congress do on July 4th, 1776?

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Signed the Declaration of Independence

• Approve the salary of George Washington as General

• Overcooked the burgers and hotdogs at the cookout

What is the best description of a "State"?

• A sovereign place with defined borders

• The process of making decisions about society

• A society's structure and authority

• The imaginary world that exists within our minds.

What is the best description of the term "Politics"?

• A sovereign place with defined borders

• Whatever you can find on CSPAN

• The process of making decisions about society, especially about leadership

• A society's structure and authority

What is the best description of a "Government"?

• Whatever Mr. Gaughan says

• A society's structure and authority

• "The answer my friends is blowing in the wind"

• Whatever happens between 11:40 am and 12:35 pm every M-F on zoom

An authoritarian government usually has how many people in charge?

• As many people as possible, the more the merrier

• Only people who are right-handed

• One person or a small group

• Only people who are left-handed

What are the different typos of monarchies that we learned about in class?

• The King, The Queen, and Jack of Hearts

• Dictatorship and Theocracy

• Monarchy, Absolute Monarchy and Constitutional Monarchy

• When you say "King Me" in checkers

What would you expect an "Oligarchy" to look like?

• A government ruled by poor and less powerful people

• A government ruled by one person

• Whoever wins the final round of America's Got Talent

• A government that is ruled by a small group of people, that are powerful

In a "Dictatorship" type of government, who has all the power and why?

In a "Totalitarian" style of government, all control is given to the government over people's private and social lives.

• True

• False

When people are sovereign and participate in government, we call that.........

• Democracy

• Authoritarianism

• Republicanism

• Totalitarianism