Civic Unit 2 Quiz 1

What were the main grievances that led to the creation of the Petition of Rights?

• Low taxes with Parliament's consent, fair imprisonment, and soldiers stationed in private homes

• Imposition of taxes with Parliament's consent, fair imprisonment, and soldiers stationed in public areas

• Imposition of taxes without Parliament's consent, arbitrary imprisonment, and quartering of soldiers in private homes

• High taxes with Parliament's consent, fair imprisonment, and soldiers stationed in public areas

What are the key provisions of the English Bill of Rights?

• The key provisions include the right to bear arms for hunting

• The key provisions include the prohibition of fair and usual punishment

• The key provisions include the right to petition the queen

• The key provisions include the right to petition the king, the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, the right to bear arms for self-defense, and free from housing soldiers.

What type of government requires all citizens to participate in making laws and voting on them?

• 
  republic

• 
  theocracy

• 
  monarchy

• 
  direct democracy

_____________ is a type of government in which people have a say in deciding the rules and laws of a country.

• democracy

• lyre

• city-state

• phalanx

"Rule by the few"

• 
  Monarchy

• 
  Oligarchy

• 
  Tyranny

• 
  Democracy

Democracy where citizens elect others to serve in government.

• 
  Direct Democracy

• 
  Representative Democracy

• Autocratic Democracy

• 
  Theocratic Democracy

This type of government is ruled by one person or party.

• 
  autocracy

• 
  democracy

• 
  Central Government

• 
  Local Government

• If a country is ruled by a king with absolute power, it is considered to be

• 
  an autocracy

• the Supreme Court

• 
  a democracy

• 
  an oligarchy

In a Parliamentary System, the executive leader is called

• President

• 
  King

• Prime Minister

• 
  Head of State

Who elects a Prime Minister?

• 
  the people

• 
  Electoral College

• 
  President

• 
  Parliament