Foundations of Government Practice Quiz

__________: A government in which the head of state is directly elected by the people.

• a. Democracy
• b. Autocracy
• c. Oligarchy
• d. Parliamentary
• e. Presidential

__________: A government in which the legislative branch elects the head of state.

• a. Democracy
• b. Autocracy
• c. Oligarchy
• d. Parliamentary
• e. Presidential

__________: A type of government in which political authority rests with the people

• a. Democracy
• b. Autocracy
• c. Oligarchy
• d. Parliamentary
• e. Presidential

__________: Claims one person or small group claimed control over an area and forced all within to submit to that person's or group's rule.

• a. Divine Right Theory
• b. Force Theory
• c. Social Contract Theory
• d. Evolutionary Theory

__________: Claims people came together voluntarily and created the state. People agreed to give up certain freedoms, in return for protection.

• a. Divine Right Theory
• b. Force Theory
• c. Social Contract Theory
• d. Evolutionary Theory

Based on the passage, which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is MOST representative of the ideas presented by John Locke?

• "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights."
• "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the Consent of the Governed."
• "Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed."
• "Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Based on the reading, which of the following statements best aligns with the idea of a social contract?

• a. Citizens should overthrow governments that do not protect their rights
• b. Government powers should be separated and concentrated
• c. The government should protect individual rights and limit the influence of religion
• d. The people are expected to set aside their individual desires for the good of the whole.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Based on the reading, which form of government exists in Milo's country?

• a. Democracy
• b. Dictatorship
• c. Parliamentary Government
• d. Presidential Government

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Government:

• a. Provides order
• b. Prevents chaos
• c. Is an institution through which a society establishes and enforces public policy
• d. All of the above

Which form of democracy originated in Ancient Greece and follows the will of the people directly?

• a. Direct Democracy
• b. Representative Democracy
• c. Indirect Democracy
• d. Federal Government

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5