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Developing Republican Government Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The American Founders did not belong to the Age of Enlightenment.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Choose the term that best matches the definition below.


"The Christian world, or Christians in general, considered as a single society"

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Christendom

c)

Judeo-Christian

d)

Renaissance

3.

When something is organized or classified to rank, capacity, or authority, what is it called?

a)

secular

b)

democracy

c)

morality

d)

hierarchical

4.

Choose the term that best matches the definition below.


"Organized or classified according to rank, capacity, or authority"

a)

hierarchical

b)

papacy

c)

mixed government

d)

providence

5.

Choose the term that best matches the definition below.


"A group that seeks to promote its own special interests at the expense of the common good"

a)

representative democracy

b)

mixed government

c)

nation-state

d)

factions

6.

Choose the term that best matches the definition below.


"The dedication of citizens to the common good, even at the cost of their individual interests"

a)

secular governments

b)

established religion

c)

civic virtue

d)

capitalism

7.

You are very active in your community and your local government by volunteering and attending council meetings. What are you practicing?

a)

classical republicanism

b)

common good

c)

civic virtue

d)

capitalism

8.

Many of the buildings in Washington, D.C. are in the “classical” style, symbolizing our nation’s indebtedness to the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which philosophy stresses the rights of life, liberty, and property to the individual?

a)

natural rights philosophy

b)

classical republicanism

c)

classical rights

d)

all of the above

10.

Which society had the greatest influence on the Founders’ ideas about government?

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

China

c)

The Roman Republic

d)

England