23-24 - Unit 1 Test - Democracy - Period 2

In a democratic government, which of the following groups holds political power?

• Kings
• The People
• Popes
• Dictators

Democracy is based on the idea that:

• People have a right to govern themselves.
• A ruling class of kings is necessary.
• People must live in city-states.
• Rulers should have absolute power.

Socrates' most lasting contribution to democratic thought was his idea that

• People should question rulers and their authority
• People should always do what kings say.
• All people are created equal.
• All of the above.

What Greek philosopher founded a school called the Academy?

• Aristotle
• Voltaire
• Plato
• Barack Obama

A citizen is:

• A legally recongized member of a political community.
• A subject of a king who possesses no rights
• A slave in an empire
• Another name for a monarch

In the Roman republican form of government, people have the right to vote to select their leaders. This is an example of:

• indirect/representative democracy.
• direct democracy.
• absolutism.
• Marxism.

People who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ are known as:

• Buddhists
• Pagans
• Muslims
• Christians

In an absolute monarchy, who holds all political power?

• A president
• A king or queen
• An elected congress
• Nobody does

When we refer to the West, we are referring to which geographic areas?

• Europe and North America
• China and Japan
• South America and Africa
• East and North Asia

The English Enlightenment thinker John Locke believed that everybody was born with three natural rights. These rights are:

• life, liberty, and property.
• free speech, the right to vote, the right to housing.
• life, the right to food, the right to work.
• none of the above.