Unit 1 Foundations of Government Test

the government power to enforce laws

• legislative power
• executive power
• judicial power

the government power to decide if a law was broken

• legislative power
• executive power
• judicial power

the current agreement for how the government of the US is supposed to be run

• Articles of Confederation
• State of Nature
• US Constitution
• Declaration of Independence

In which form of government does a single person have complete power over government

• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship
• Representative Democracy
• Theocracy

The U.S. has this form of government?

• Representative Democracy
• Direct Democracy
• Theocracy
• Anarchy

Which form of government creates laws based on religious beliefs.

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Oligarchy

The Declaration of Independence was _____.

• explaining how the King violated the social contract
• the blueprint for how our new government would be run
• meant to fix the relationship between the king and the colonies
• all of the above.

The King of England believed the rights of the people in a country came from ____.

• god
• the people being ruled
• the king
• parliament

The American colonists believed the government power to rule over its people came from _____.

• god
• the people being ruled
• the king
• parliament

The United States is a Republic meaning what?

• We elect representatives to govern us
• We have an all powerful president run things
• We have one all powerful dictator
• We let the citizens vote on the laws