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The Political Spectrum

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Loyalist or Patriot?

“There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- we must fight!--I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms…, is all that is left us!…The war is inevitable...as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

2.

Loyalists or Patriot?

"First, we will not order or import any goods from Great Britain except salt, coals, fishhooks, and lines, hemp, bullets, and wire. Second, we will not import nor purchase from other countries any tea, glass, paper, or other goods bought from Great Britain until the taxes on these products are revoked (taken away).”

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

3.

Loyalist or Patriot?

"It is improper to talk of an independent colony. The British colonies make a part of the British empire. To talk of independence is no better sense than to talk of a limb separate of the body to which it belongs…every man who endeavors to accelerate the independency wants to accelerate the ruin of the British empire.”

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

4.

Which direction of change does a Radical want?

a)

Future/Left

b)

Past/Right

c)

Neither

5.

A Moderate wants which direction of change?

a)

Future/Left

b)

Past/Right

c)

Neither

6.

People on the FAR RIGHT side of the spectrum use which methods?

a)

Extreme

b)

Peaceful

7.

Conservatives method of resistance is...

a)

Extreme

b)

Peaceful

8.

The AMOUNT of change a Liberal wants is...

a)

Total change

b)

Some change

c)

None

9.

True or False: A Reactionary would use violence to get their way.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A ______________ is a person who may want change on some issues, but no change on others

a)

Radical

b)

Liberal

c)

Moderate

d)

Conservative