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Influences on Government

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many types of Government are there?

a)

2

b)

5

c)

1

d)

4

2.

According to John Locke, which of the following rights were guaranteed by natural rights?

a)

Trial by jury and no cruel punishments

b)

Life, liberty, and property

c)

Freedom of speech and assembly

d)

Freedom of religion and the right to petition

3.

This is a concept that the government should serve the will of the people through a small group of elected officials.

a)

ordered government

b)

limited government

c)

representative government

d)

authoritarian government

4.

This concept states that government is not all powerful and is restricted in what it can and cannot do.

a)

ordered government

b)

limited government

c)

representative government

d)

authoritarian government

5.

This is the idea that no one is above the law

a)

rule of law

b)

due process

c)

self government

d)

Magna Carta

6.

The condition of people living in a situation without man-made government, rules, or laws.

a)

State of Nature

b)

Social Contract

7.

English scholar and philosopher who introduced the concept of the state of nature and the social contract. He believed a strong central government was necessary to protect people.

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

8.

The arrangement where people agree to give up certain rights and freedoms for government protection.

a)

Social Contract

b)

Majority Rule

9.
Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Baron de Montesquieu
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
John Locke
10.
What are natural rights?
a)
agreements among people relating to their government
b)
freedoms people possess such as life, liberty and property
c)
ideas about freedoms that were first discussed in the American colonies
d)
rights reserved only for kings and queens
11.
According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?
a)
Constitution
b)
Social Contract
c)
English Bill of Rights
d)
Common Sense
12.
Which document established that not even the king or queen was above the law?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
House of Burgesses
c)
U.S. Constitution
d)
Mayflower Compact
13.
Which influential document limited the power of the king and protected certain rights of nobles?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Common Sense
d)
Article of Confederation
14.

John Locke inspired the writing of this important document by Thomas Jefferson.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

US Constitution

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Declaration of Independence

15.

The Founding Fathers justified the American Revolution referring to the words of

a)

John Locke

b)

William Blackstone

c)

Moses

d)

Adam smith

16.

The US government gets its powers from

a)

the people of the US

b)

the founding fathers

c)

the Enlightenment thinkers

d)

the Constitution

17.
Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Mayflower Compact
18.
Which of the following rights that Americans enjoy today was established in the Magna Carta?
a)
freedom of speech
b)
trial by jury
c)
freedom of religion
d)
freedom of the press
19.

This document also known as the "Great Charter" signed in 1215 established the idea of limited government

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Roman Republic

d)

Magna Carta

20.
Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.
a)
Anarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Dictatorship
21.
 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Totalitarian
c)
Monarchy
d)
Liberty
22.
Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Monarchy
23.
 People elect representatives to make laws/decisions for them, a government without a monarch.
a)
Anarchy
b)
Republic
c)
Dictator
d)
Monarchy
24.
Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Republic
c)
Totalitarian
d)
Democracy
25.
Example: Saddam Hussein
a)
Supreme Leader
b)
Pope
c)
Dictator
d)
Monarch
26.
Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
President
c)
Dictator
d)
Republic
27.
Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Anarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Republic
28.
Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
29.
Example: Puritan leaders helped govern the colony of Massachusetts in the early colonial era.
a)
Republic
b)
Theocracy
c)
Dictator
d)
Governor
30.
A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few
a)
Autocracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Pewtarchy
31.
Government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Autocracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Pewtarchy
32.
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
a)
Autocracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Dictatorship
33.
Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an oligarchy?
a)
the king
b)
the people
c)
the legislature
d)
small group of powerful rulers
34.
What type of government is ruled by force? 
a)
Theocracy 
b)
Democarcy
c)
Dictatorship 
d)
Monarchy 
35.
A form of government in which citizens choose representatives through free and fair elections to make decisions on their behalf.
a)
Representative Democracy
b)
Federalism
c)
Unitary System
d)
Direct Democracy
36.
Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?
a)
kings are always poor rulers
b)
the voters get to choose people that make the laws
c)
all of the power stays in the hands of the local government
d)
the voters in democratic countries always choose the best qualified leaders that always do a good job

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