American Government EOC

Type of government where citizens elect leaders to represent them in government (a)  

• Representative democracy
• Direct democracy
• Absolute monarchy
• Oligarchy

One person runs the government making decisions for the whole group (a)  

• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy

Type of government where citizens vote on ALL major decisions (a)  

• Direct democracy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy
• Representative democracy

A government run by a small group of leaders (a)  

• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Aristocracy
• Autocracy

A government that allows citizens to vote and have rights

• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Theocracy

A type of government where a vote is required by citizens for all decisions (a)  

• Representative democracy
• Direct democracy
• Republic
• Oligarchy

A representative democracy and a republic are the same

• True
• False

What document did the Constitution replace?

• The Bill of Rights
• The Amendments
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Magna Carta

Where was the Constitutional Convention?

• Washington D.C.
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Boston, Massachussettes
• New York, New York

What was the main purpose of the Preamble?

• Identify the goals of the new government
• Grant power to the states
• Identify the rights of the citizens
• Grant power to the federal government