WorksheetsUnit 1 Gov
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
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1.
Which of these is an example of a government maintaining order?
a)
A community constructs a municipal water treatment plant.
b)
Firefighters hold infant car seat clinics in fire stations.
c)
Officers screen visitors for weapons at the entrance of a courthouse.
d)
The Marines hold drives to collect toys during the holidays.
2.
Which of John Locke’s beliefs had a major influence on the colonists?
a)
All people have certain “natural” or inalienable rights such as the right to liberty.
b)
Monarchs are appointed by God and should have supreme power.
c)
People need government to maintain order and prevent conflict.
d)
The powers of government must be separated.
3.
In a truly democratic society, which of the following happens during an election?
a)
Citizens are required to vote for the candidate that belongs to their party.
b)
Citizens vote, but the winner is ultimately decided by a high court.
c)
The candidate that has been appointed by a political party takes power.
d)
The elected candidate takes office without violence from the rival party.
4.
Which of these illustrates a critical difference between a democracy and a monarchy?
a)
Citizen participation in many forms contribute to making a law in a democracy.
b)
The leader of a monarchy has only no power.
c)
The leader of a monarchy is an authoritarian figure.
d)
There is no central leader in most types of democracy.
5.
How do the goals of socialism differ from the goals of capitalism?
a)
Only capitalism stresses private ownership of business.
b)
Only capitalism strives to award workers a fair wage.
c)
Only socialism has the goal of serving society.
d)
Only socialism works to prevent government interference.
6.
How did Karl Marx, the philosopher author of communism vision a communist society?
a)
In current communist countries, the people live in a classless agricultural society.
b)
In current communist countries, the people share power with the government.
c)
In the vision of communism, eventually no economic system would be needed.
d)
In the vision of communism, property would collectively belong to the people.
7.
The Magna Carta recognized the principle of limited government because it
a)
established a system of checks and balances in Parliament.
b)
guaranteed the right to a fair and speedy trial.
c)
restricted the power of the monarchy.
d)
stated that everyone was equal under the law.
8.
One way that the English Bill of Rights expanded on the Magna Carta was by
a)
establishing an independent judiciary.
b)
re-establishing the supremacy of the monarchy.
c)
stating that the monarch must have Parliament’s consent to levy taxes.
d)
stating that people had the right to a fair and speedy trial.
9.
The purpose of the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence was to
a)
describe the wrongs the king had committed.
b)
emphasize the importance of separation from England.
c)
establish the source of the rights of all Americans.
d)
list the reasons the colonists believed they deserved independence.
10.
The Declaration of Independence states that governments
a)
can establish standing armies without the consent of the legislatures.
b)
derive their powers from the consent of the governed.
c)
do not have the right to tax those they govern.
d)
have divine rights that set them above the people they govern.
11.
Which of the following was a positive achievement under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
establishing an executive branch
b)
levying and collecting taxes
c)
signing a peace treaty with Britain
d)
stopping states from coining their own money
12.
A major problem with the legislature set up under the Articles was that
a)
it could not make treaties with other nations.
b)
it had no power to regulate affairs with Native Americans.
c)
it was bicameral rather than unicameral.
d)
have divine rights that set them above the people they govern.
13.
New Jersey delegates did not support the Virginia Plan because they thought
a)
regardless of its population, each state had one vote.
b)
the legislature would be able to control the executive branch.
c)
the judicial branch would not be independent.
d)
stopping states from coining their own money
14.
The Anti-Federalists demanded that the Constitution have a bill of rights because they
a)
believed it was needed in order to protect individual liberties.
b)
did not want the national government to be able to restrict the slave trade.
c)
wanted representation in the Senate to be based on population.
d)
regardless of its population, each state had one vote.
15.
The Founders created a federal system of government because they
a)
believed that representation on Congress should be based entirely on population.
b)
did not want the president to become as powerful as a monarch.
c)
wanted individuals to have the right to a fair and speedy trial.
d)
the number of votes a state had in the legislature should be based on population.
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