WorksheetsGySgt Gold US Government Unit 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
1. The absolute authority that a government has over its citizens is the definition of ____________.
Natural Law
Sovereignty
Loyalty
Executive Branch
1. Rights that people own simply because they are human is the definition of _____________.
Natural Law
Devine Rights
Natural Rights
Naturalized Rights
In the Devine Right of Kings, it was believed that rulers received their authority from _______________.
The People
God
The Pope
Confidence
This is the primary goal of any government
Provide free healthcare and free college
Spy on its citizens
Create treaties with other countries
Provide for the security of its citizens
Government tries to resolve its conflicts through __________________.
Politics
Speeches
Police
Military Action
How long ago was indications of the first governments?
8,000 years
14,000 years
10,000 years
2,000 years
First democratic governments were established in the area of _______________.
Rome
Japan
Greece
South America
What was the system that was created in the middle ages that included titles such as ‘nobles’ and ‘knights’?
Rank System
Fuedal System
Socialist System
Royal System
Who was one of the first to suggest that all has natural rights?
Karl Marx
Napolean
Cicero
Abraham Lincoln
Who classified governments by the number of rulers and principles that the governments operated?
George Washington
Cicero
King George III
Aristotle
Oligarchy
Rule by One
Rule by Few
Rule by Many
Democracy
Rule by One
Rule by Few
Rule by Many
Autocracy
Rule by One
Rule by Few
Rule by Many
Who controls the government in a Theocracy?
Military Leaders
Elected Officials
Religious Leaders
A King
What is required for a democracy?
Has elections periodically
Has a Judiciary Branch
Has freedom of speech
Has outlawed slavery
In the United States, power is separated between the ______________ and _____________.
In the United States, power is separated between the ______________ and _____________.
Speaker of the House and the Senate Pro Tempre
House and the Senate
Federal government and the States
In the middle ages, __________________ were established that protected people’s rights.
Kings
Court System
Nation States
Legislators
The _________________ limited the English King’s power in the year 1215.
Magna Carter
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Emancipation Proclimation
Today, citizenship means members in a __________________.
State
Nation
City
Club
The rights that citizens of a country have are __________________ rights.
Natural
Human
Fair
Civil
