US Government Unit 1 Terms

A system of rule in which one person, or small group of people hold unlimited power over government. Fill in the blank: __________

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

A form of government in which the voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people to exercise that right. Fill in the blank: __________

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

Also known as the Great Charter, a document signed by English barons in 1215 to protect them from the heavy-handed and arbitrary action of the king. Fill in the blank: __________

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Petition of Right

• Habeas Corpus

A document created by Parliament in 1628 that restricted the power of the English monarch. Fill in the blank: __________

• Petition of Right

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Habeas Corpus Act

Part of the English Glorious Revolution. Created in 1688 by Parliament to restrict the power of the monarch in exchange for allowing William and Mary to take the throne. Much of it became part of the American Bill of Rights. What is the name of this document?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• Habeas Corpus Act

A colony created by a written grant of authority from the monarch. Fill in the blank: __________

• Charter colony

• Royal colony

• Proprietary colony

• Corporate colony

A legislature consisting of two houses. Fill in the blank: __________

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• Tricameral

• Monocameral

Colonies organized by a person to whom the monarch had granted land. The land could be governed much as the proprietor/owner chose. Fill in the blank: __________

• Proprietary colony

• Royal colony

• Charter colony

• Corporate colony

Directly controlled by the crown through the royal governor. Fill in the blank: __________

• Royal colony

• Charter colony

• Proprietary colony

• Corporate colony

Government headed by one person, such as a king or queen, who exercises supreme authority. Fill in the blank: __________

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Republic