Government and Politics Quiz

What is the document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens?

What is a political system in which all citizens meet to discuss government matters and to vote firsthand?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is a plan for collecting and spending money?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is the authority of a state to govern itself or another state?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is the system that rests on previous court decisions?

• A. immigrant

• B. common law

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is a person who moves permanently to a new country?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is a government ruled by a few powerful people?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is the agreement by which people give up some freedoms for an organized society?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is the introduction to the Constitution that states the purpose of government?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy

What is the theory of equality?

• A. immigrant

• B. budget

• C. sovereignty

• D. oligarchy

• E. direct democracy