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WorksheetsChapter 4 Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 11hrs 15mins
What do you call a type of government which people rule themselves?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Democracy
What type of government allows all its citizens to participate directly in the government?
indirect democracy
elective democracy
choice democracy
Direct democracy
What type of democracy allows the citizens to elect officials to represent them in the government?
Direct Democracy
Elected Democracy
Representative (indirect) Democracy
Choice Democracy
- Basic rights of citizens
- Rule of law
- Representative assemblies
In England, what did the advisors become known as after the signing of the Magna Carta?
Senate
Parliament
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Believed in limited government and natural rights
Phillip II
John Locke
James II
Voltaire
Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
Property
According to John Locke, these are given by God and cannot be taken by the government. The protection of these is the purpose of the government.
divine rights
systemic rights
natural rights
preternatural rights
To Montesquieu, what was the best form of government?
where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful
democracy
absolute monarchy
every man for himself
Montesquieu believed in a system based on...
Democracy and Republic
Confederation and Federation
Legislative, Executive and Judicial powers
Judicial power and Democracy
Breaking up power between the 3 branches of government is called ______________.
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
Liberty
Checks of Power
A crop grown for its value.
Cash crop
Cash money
Cash farm
Contract of the pilgrims on the ship; they agreed to select representatives & make their own laws.
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Virginia Company of London
A worker in a system of unfree labor; bound by a signed or forced contract.
Slave
Indentured Servant
Maid
Nanny
What are some reasons for people coming to the America's
the search for food
the search for gold and silver
the search for religious freedom and economic opportunity
the search for tobacco
War of 1754-1763 between Britain, France and their allies for control of North America
American Revolution
Civil War
French & Indian War
World War I
System used in the southern colonies to hold people of African heritage in bondage, mostly to work on cash crop plantations without freedom and without any promise of freedom
indentured servant
cash crops
charter
slavery
In most colonial governments, which group of people were allowed to vote?
property-owning white males
married men and women
all men over the age of 20
anyone over the age of 25
At colonial town meetings, colonists were able to
influence members of Parliament.
decide on issues for the whole colony.
form alliances with other colonies.
participate in local government.
Some of the colonies were ruled by a royal governor. How did a royal governor obtain his position?
The governor inherited his position from a family member.
The residents of the colony voted for him.
The members of the colonial assembly voted for him.
The governor was appointed by the king.
What is one of the differences between a monarchy and a representative democracy?
In a monarchy, power is held by several branches of government.
In a monarchy, the leader is voted into the position by the people.
In a representative democracy, the leader is born into the position.
In a representative democracy, the people chose the leaders.
How did the development of colonial governments lead to the American Revolution?
People in the colonies wanted to get rid of government altogether.
People in the colonies no longer wanted to be ruled by the British Parliament.
People in the colonies became more supportive of the British Parliament.
People in the colonies became less interested in self-government.
Which of the following was the main reason that American colonists opposed the Stamp Act of 1765?
The act was taxation without representation.
The act was passed by the king, not Parliament.
The tax was a large amount of money.
The tax was not imposed on the wealthy.
How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?
Dressed up like Native Americans
Boston Massacre
Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea
Dumped tea into Boston harbor
What does this political poster represent?
The Colonies needed to be united
Colonies need to be independent
Serpents can grow back together
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
Why were the Colonist forbidden to go west of the Appalachian mountains
Border Lands
Manifest Destiny
Proclamation line of 1763
