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AP Government Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This document was written to declare separation from Great Britain.

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

10th Amendment

d)

Constitution

2.

What is democracy?

a)

Societies are divided into elites and masses. The elites have power to make and implement policy.

b)

The intentional course of action of inaction with a problem.

c)

Rule by will of the people.

d)

The monarch has the power.

3.

The intentional course of action or inaction:

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Democracy

c)

Social Contract

d)

Public Policy

4.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington

5.

What is government?

a)

Political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups.

b)

The people have the sole power and the government's power is limited.

c)

A particular set of institutions and people authorized by formal document, to pass laws, issue regulations, control the police, and creating public policy.

d)

Rules put into place to ensure one branch of government does not become too powerful.

6.

All societies are divided into elites and masses. The elites have power to make and implement policy, while masses respond to desires of elites.

a)

Elite Theory

b)

Social Contract

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Pluralist Theory

7.

Checks and Balances are:

a)

The right to life, liberty, and property.

b)

The government's power is separated into different branches, where each branch has a different power and responsibility.

c)

Rules put into place to ensure one branch of the government does not become too powerful.

d)

The reason why the Declaration of Independence was written.

8.

The people have the sole power and the government's power is limited.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Limited Government

c)

Pluralist Theory

d)

Social Contract

9.

Pluralist Theory is:

a)

Political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups.

b)

The hierarchical structure and standardized procedures of modern governments allow bureaucratic, who carry out the day-to-day workings of government, to hold the real power over public policy.

c)

The people decide on policy initiatives directly. Also called pure democracy.

d)

Elected officials (representatives) make public policy decisions on behalf of the people.

10.

Representative Democracy:

a)

The people decide on political initiatives directly. Also called pure democracy.

b)

Elected officials (representatives) make public policy decisions on behalf of the people.

c)

Widespread political participation is essential for democratic government. It strives to create opportunities for all members of a population to make meaningful contributions to decision-making, and seeks to broaden the range of people who have access to such opportunities.

d)

The government and the people have a line of communication and need to listen to each other.

11.

Widespread political participation is essential for democratic government. It strives to create opportunities for all members of a population to make meaningful contributions to decision-making, and seeks to broaden the range of people who have access to such opportunities.

a)

Participatory Democracy

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Government

12.

Natural Rights:

a)

The government's power is separated into different branches, where each branch has different power and responsibility.

b)

The right to life, liberty, and property.

c)

Rules put into place to ensure one branch of government does not become too powerful.

d)

The people have the sole power and the government's power is limited.

13.

Separation of Powers:

a)

The government's power is separated into different branches, where each branch has a different power and responsibility.

b)

The people have the sole power and the government's power is limited.

c)

Rule by will of the people.

d)

The intentional course of action or inaction dealing with a problem.

14.

The people decide on policy initiatives directly. Also called pure democracy.

a)

Social Contract

b)

Bureaucratic Theory

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Direct Democracy

15.

The hierarchical structure and standardized procedures of modern governments, allow bureaucratic, who carry out the day-to-day workings of government, to hold the real power over public policy.

a)

Bureaucratic Theory

b)

Pluralist Theory

c)

Elite Theory

d)

Social Contract

16.

Social Contract:

a)

Another name for the Articles of Confederation

b)

The government and the people have a line a communication.

c)

The people have the sole power and the government's power is limited.

d)

Rules put into place to ensure one branch of government does not become too powerful.