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8.1 and 8.2 test review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name

Class

Date

A newspaper article from 2001 describing the great depression in the 1920's

primary source

secondary source

This monarch is the figurehead of the Commonwealth

(a)

Did you study for the test tomorrow?

4 lines

Another student reading a report about the tanks from World War 1.

primary source

secondary source

A webpage talking about how life may have been in ancient Greece

primary source

secondary source

Your parent describing how Pilgrims came to America

primary source

secondary source

A group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area is always called a

government

limited government

unlimited government

tyranny

Which of the following might a limited government do that an unlimited government would most likely not do?

build and maintain public schools

protect citizens from attack

operate public schools

let citizens speak freely in public

A state containing several countries is called

an empire

a monarchy

a democracy

communist

10.

Which form of government lists the levels of the federal system in the correct order, starting with the top level of government and ending with the bottom level?

national, state, local

state, local, national

national, local, state

state, national, local

11.

The principle of majority rule means that the U.S government

can pass any laws without worry about minority rights

can only pass laws voted for by a majority of representatives

is bound by the rule of law

a majority of local governments must support the actions of regional governments

12.

Which of these is a power held by the executive branch?

deciding whether a law is constitutional or not

levying (placing) taxes on the citizens of the U.S

conduction foreign affairs of the U.S (diplomacy)

passing laws for the good of the American people

13.

All political power in the United States comes from

the sun

the government

the citizens

interest groups/political parties

14.

A writer talking about their latest book

primary source

secondary source

15.

Giving each branch of government the power to cancel the action of another branch is called

separation of powers

checks and balances

the federal system

minority rights

16.

Which system of government does the United States have?

a confederal system

an authoritarian government

a federal system

a unitary system

17.

Which of these countries has an authoritarian government?

North Korea

Canada

18.

Which form of government has a king or queen?

a democracy

an authoritarian government

a monarchy

19.

Which form of government has a king or queen who shares powers with the people of the state and the other branches of government

absolute monarchy

constitutional monarchy

representative monarchy

authoritarian communism

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8.1 and 8.2 test review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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