Civics Final

national and state governments share power in what form of government?

• Federal

• Oligarchy

• Unitary

• Confederal

One person control most of the government decisions in ....?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Republic

• Oligarchy 

when people vote, obey the law, serve on juries, keep informed about current issues, or volunteer for social services?

• Worth of the individual

• Rule of law

• Compromise

• Citizen Participation 

What are the main difference between a parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy?

• A parliamentary democracy does not have a judicial branch

• A parliamentary democracy does not have an individual executive but a presidential democracy does

• A presidential democracy does not have an equivalent to Parliament, the parliamentary democracy's legislative branch

• A presidential democracy allows the population to choose the executive, but a parliamentary democracy allows the legislature to choose the executive.

self-government is the notion that ultimate government authority comes from?

• Laws

• Rulers

• Institutions

• People

the Magna Carta bein signed meant that?

• That the king had to obey the same laws as the people

• The rulers were given their power by God

• That the English people had freedom of religion

• That the king was the only one to hold power 

The belief that "just powers are derived from the consent of the governed" is...?

• Natural Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract Theory

• Individual Rights/Liberties 

John Locke said rights were guaranteed by natural law were...?

• Trial by jury and no cruel punishments

• Freedom of speech and the press

• Life, liberty, and property 

• Freedom of worship and the right to petition 

What is it called when people give up some freedoms for an organized society?

• Leviathan 

• English Bill of Rights 

• Checks and Balances 

• Social Contract 

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason