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Foundations of Am. Gov't 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An oligarchy is a type of government...

a)

ruled by a few wealthy people

b)

ruled by people named Oliver

c)

ruled by a few families

d)

ruled by a king

2.

Solon's contributions to democracy include...

a)

Allowing women to vote

b)

Creating the idea of a representative democracy

c)

Creating a council of 400 citizens

d)

Creating the Greek constitution

3.

Cleisthenes wanted citizens to be registered based on...

a)

Clan (family)

b)

Location

c)

Age

d)

Experience

4.

Athens had a/an

a)

Direct democracy

b)

Indirect democracy

5.

Plato's "Philosopher King' was meant to be...

a)

The wealthiest

b)

The strongest

c)

The wisest

d)

The one who could focus the longest

6.

Both Athens and Rome thought citizens should be:

a)

Able to give their vote on every issue

b)

Men and women

c)

Open to interpretation

d)

Free adult males

7.

Who was part of the highest social class in Rome?

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebeians

c)

Spartans

8.

We credit Rome for the idea of:

a)

Censorship

b)

A constitution

c)

Reason over superstition

d)

Monarchy

9.

Montesquieu believed in...

a)

Literacy for all citizens

b)

Religion being the biggest influence on government

c)

Separate branches of government

d)

Absolute monarchy

10.

Thomas Hobbes thought the ideal government was a:

a)

Democracy

b)

Absolute monarchy

c)

Tribune

d)

Form of oligarchy

11.

The person who influenced the Declaration of Independence the most was:

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

12.

Rousseau thought people were generally...

a)

Good

b)

Wicked

c)

Fake

d)

Unable to decide on their own ideas

13.

The Virginia Charter of 1606 gave Virginians...

a)

Nothing

b)

The power to govern themselves

c)

Anxiety

d)

A second-class version of rights

14.

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

a)

King John I

b)

Parliament

c)

The Plebeians

d)

The Church

15.

Whose showdown with Parliament resulted in the Petition of Right in 1628?

a)

King John II

b)

King Henry III

c)

King Charles I

d)

Queen Elizabeth I

16.

The English Bill of Rights said who was supreme (at the top?)

a)

The King

b)

Parliament

c)

The legislative branch

d)

The tribune