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WorksheetsFoundations of Government Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
What do we call a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Autocracy
Democracy
When referring to a legislative body ____________ means that it has two branches or chambers.
Unitary
Federal
Bicameral
Aristocratic
Check all of the following SYSTEMS of government
Unitary
Democracy
Confederation
Federal
Oligarchy
This is an English charter granted by King John in 1215 that held the King as subject to the Rule of Law and documented liberties of free men.
(a)
What is the difference between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?
Who is responsible for writing the "Social Contract?"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Montesquieu
Which political party did Alexander Hamilton belong to?
Federalist
Anti-federalist
What do we call the form of government in which elected officials represent citizens and exercise power under the rule of law according to a constitution?
(a)
Which constitutional Compromise allowed slaves, in a way, to be counted as part of the population of a state?
The Great Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise
The Electoral College
Which of the following are TYPES of governments? (Choose all that apply)
Unitary
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Confederation
Democracy
The (a) was an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th century where philosophers reason and individualism.
