Types of Government and Principles of Government Quiz

This document written in 1215 introduced limits on the power of a monarch.

• Declaration of Rights

• Petition of Right

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

An institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies is called a

• State

• Public Policies

• Government

• Democracy

With the words “We the People”, the Constitution establishes its authority on the basis of what principle?

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

What is the source of power in a democracy?

• The People

• The Constitution

• The Congress

• The President

__________ is the division of government power between a strong central government and several regional, state or provincial governments.

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Parliamentary System

• Representative Democracy

In the United States, we primarily have a .

• Direct Democracy

• Autocracy

• Parliamentary System

• Representative Democracy

In Saudi Arabia, the royal family controls the government and does not consider the will of the people. What kind of government does Saudi Arabia have?

• Oligarchy

• Presidential System

• Autocracy

• Democracy

A type of government in which all power is reserved to the central government is called a (n)

• Unitary

• Federal

• presidential

• parliamentary

What does representative democracy mean?

• A king and his family rule the country.

• Nobody can choose their leaders.

• The people vote for their leaders.

• Existing leaders pass on their job to their family.

What does "Consent of the Governed" imply?

• Citizens have the right to participate in wars

• Citizens have the right to ignore government laws

• Citizens give their permission to be governed by the country's government

• Citizens are responsible for writing the constitution