American Government Mid-Term

Rule by the People

• Democracy

• Constitution

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Parliament

American colonies modeled their governments after ________.

• English Parliament

• King James II

• Germans

• The British

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

Choose the correct definition for inalienable.

• unable to be taken away from or given away
• the state of being equal
• the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants
• the state of being isolated from a group

What is the definition of Government?

• The ruling authority of a community

• People that have power in a country

• Any person that has more power than others

• Police protection

Form of government where the citizens hold the power is commonly called?

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

Form of government where the citizens choose a person to vote for them instead of direct voting?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

Form of government where power is shared on different levels (National, State, Local)

• Federalism

• Communism

• Unitary

• Parliamentary

A military leader seizes control of a government during a revolution.  He has complete control and kills anyone who opposes him.  What kind of government does this nation have?

• a monarchy
• a theocracy
• a dictatorship
• an oligarchy