WorksheetsFoundations of Am. Gov't 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 6mins
An oligarchy is a type of government...
ruled by a few wealthy people
ruled by people named Oliver
ruled by a few families
ruled by a king
Solon's contributions to democracy include...
Allowing women to vote
Creating the idea of a representative democracy
Creating a council of 400 citizens
Creating the Greek constitution
Cleisthenes wanted citizens to be registered based on...
Clan (family)
Location
Age
Experience
Athens had a/an
Direct democracy
Indirect democracy
Plato's "Philosopher King' was meant to be...
The wealthiest
The strongest
The wisest
The one who could focus the longest
Both Athens and Rome thought citizens should be:
Able to give their vote on every issue
Men and women
Open to interpretation
Free adult males
Who was part of the highest social class in Rome?
Patricians
Plebeians
Spartans
We credit Rome for the idea of:
Censorship
A constitution
Reason over superstition
Monarchy
Montesquieu believed in...
Literacy for all citizens
Religion being the biggest influence on government
Separate branches of government
Absolute monarchy
Thomas Hobbes thought the ideal government was a:
Democracy
Absolute monarchy
Tribune
Form of oligarchy
The person who influenced the Declaration of Independence the most was:
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau thought people were generally...
Good
Wicked
Fake
Unable to decide on their own ideas
The Virginia Charter of 1606 gave Virginians...
Nothing
The power to govern themselves
Anxiety
A second-class version of rights
Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?
King John I
Parliament
The Plebeians
The Church
Whose showdown with Parliament resulted in the Petition of Right in 1628?
King John II
King Henry III
King Charles I
Queen Elizabeth I
The English Bill of Rights said who was supreme (at the top?)
The King
Parliament
The legislative branch
The tribune
