WEEK 1 TRUE OR FALSE - AMERICAN GOV

Does a federal government have an alliance of

independent states?

• YES TRUE (FEDERAL)

• NO FALSE (CONFEDERATE)

A representative democracy is sometimes referred to

as an Autocracy:

• YES TRUE (AUTOCRACY)

• NO FALSE (REPUBLIC)

Power is divided in a federal government:

• YES TRUE (NATION OVER STATE)

• NO FALSE (STATE OVER NATION)

In a Democracy, supreme power rests with the

government:

• YES TRUE (GOVERNMENT)

• NO FALSE (THE PEOPLE)

John Locke argued that people are born with

unalienable rights:

• YES TRUE (LIFE LIBERY PROPERTY)

• NO FALSE (LIMITED GOVERNMENT)

Representatives are chose in a representative democracy:

• YES TRUE (ELECTIONS)

• NO FALSE (PARLIAMENT)

Thomas Paine wrote the The Declaration of Independence:

• YES TRUE (THOMAS PAINE BELIEFS)

• NO FALSE (THOMAS JEFFERSON BELIEFS)

Montesquieu believed in the social contract theory:

• YES TRUE (SOCIAL CONTRACT)

• NO FALSE (THREE BRANCHES)

Branches in a Parliamentary government are chosen

by the government

• YES TRUE (GOVERNMENT CHOOSES

  PRIME MINISTER)

• NO FALSE (PEOPLE CHOOSES

  PRIME MINISTER)

The Military holds the power in an Oligarchy system:

• YES TRUE (SMALL AMOUNT

  OF LEADERS)

• NO FALSE (ONE PERSON HOLDS

  POWER)