WorksheetsVocabulary Test #1 Foundations of Government
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A form of government in which the king retains his position as head of state, while the authority to tax and make new laws resides in an elected body.
a)
constitutional monarchy
b)
dictatorship
c)
direct democracy
d)
Divine Right of Kings Theory
2.
the government is controlled by one person, or a small group of people, who hold unlimited power over government - maintaining power by force
a)
dictatorship
b)
direct democracy
c)
Divine Right of Kings Theory
d)
equality
3.
the government is ruled directly by citizens, and not through representatives
a)
direct democracy
b)
Divine Right of Kings Theory
c)
equality
d)
federal system
4.
belief that kings receive their power from God, they are responsible for only to God, and their rule can't be challenged.
a)
Divine Right of Kings Theory
b)
equality
c)
federal system
d)
free enterprise
5.
As a political value, the idea that all people are of equal worth.
a)
equality
b)
federal system
c)
free enterprise
d)
Government
6.
A government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments
a)
federal system
b)
free enterprise
c)
Government
d)
ideal
7.
a type of economy in which people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want
a)
free enterprise
b)
Government
c)
ideal
d)
Illiberal Democracy
8.
the formal and informal institutions, people, and processes used to create and conduct public policy
a)
Government
b)
ideal
c)
Illiberal Democracy
d)
Legitimacy
9.
a conception of something in its perfection
a)
ideal
b)
Illiberal Democracy
c)
Legitimacy
d)
liberal democracy
10.
a polity with some democratic features but in which political and civil rights are not all guaranteed or protected
a)
Illiberal Democracy
b)
Legitimacy
c)
liberal democracy
d)
liberty
11.
rulers are seen as right and proper by important segments of a nation's population
a)
Legitimacy
b)
liberal democracy
c)
liberty
d)
majority rule
12.
the individual rights and liberties of all people, including those in the minority, are protected
a)
liberal democracy
b)
liberty
c)
majority rule
d)
minority rights
13.
the ability of people to act and think as they choose
a)
liberty
b)
majority rule
c)
minority rights
d)
Monarchy
14.
the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power.
a)
majority rule
b)
minority rights
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
15.
the political rights held by groups that make up less than half of the population
a)
minority rights
b)
Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
parliamentary system
16.
the government is headed by one person, such as a king or a queen, who exercises supreme authority
a)
Monarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
parliamentary system
d)
policy
17.
the government is ruled by a few powerful people
a)
Oligarchy
b)
parliamentary system
c)
policy
d)
politics
18.
government in which the executive is chosen by the legislature from among its members and the two branches are merged
a)
parliamentary system
b)
policy
c)
politics
d)
Power
19.
any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal
a)
policy
b)
politics
c)
Power
d)
presidential system
20.
the process by which government makes and carries out decisions
a)
politics
b)
Power
c)
presidential system
d)
republic
21.
the government's authority and ability to get things done
a)
Power
b)
presidential system
c)
republic
d)
Rule of Law
22.
government in which the executive is chosen independently of the legislature and the two branches are separate
a)
presidential system
b)
republic
c)
Rule of Law
d)
self-government
23.
the government is ruled by elected officials to represent the larger population of citizens
a)
republic
b)
Rule of Law
c)
self-government
d)
social contract theory
24.
No one is above the law
a)
Rule of Law
b)
self-government
c)
social contract theory
d)
Sovereignty
25.
the belief that ordinary people could aspire to rule themselves and do so as political equals
a)
self-government
b)
social contract theory
c)
Sovereignty
d)
state
26.
the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state
a)
social contract theory
b)
Sovereignty
c)
state
d)
unitary system
27.
The supreme power to act within its territory and to control its external affairs
a)
Sovereignty
b)
state
c)
unitary system
d)
confederal system
28.
a political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory
a)
state
b)
unitary system
c)
confederal system
d)
constitutional monarchy
29.
the government in which all power is centralized
a)
unitary system
b)
confederal system
c)
constitutional monarchy
d)
dictatorship
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