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Unit 1 Test Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In an oligarchy, who runs the government?
a)

dictator

b)

elected officials

c)

monarch

d)

small group of people

2.
The people are the ultimate source of authority in which governmental system?
a)

monarchy

b)

dictatorship

c)

democracy

d)

oligarchy

3.
Which of the following describes a confederal system?
a)

Power is concentrated in a central government.

b)

The central government has only the powers given to it by the states.

c)

Regional governments carry out decisions made by the central government.

d)

All levels of government share power.

4.
What type of government is depicted in the graphic below?
a)

parliamentary

b)

presidential

c)

confederal

d)

direct democracy

5.
If a national govt has complete control over creating and controlling state/local governments, that country has a _
a)

unitary government

b)

confederal government

c)

dictatorship

d)

oligarchy

6.
In a presidential system, the president is
a)

elected by the people

b)

chosen by the Congress

c)

determined by a series of civil service tests

d)

chosen by the Supreme Court

7.
Governments form as a result of people agreeing to submit to a government in exchange for that government protection:
a)

social contract theory

b)

natural law

c)

natural rights

d)

divine right of kings

8.
The United States began as a group of 13 colonies under the rule of which country?
a)

Great Britain

b)

China

c)

Spain

d)

Canada

9.
The main difference in a representative democracy and direct democracy is?
a)
there is no difference
b)
direct democracy citizens vote on government decisions
c)
direct democracy citizens vote for someone to rep them in the govt
d)
direct democracy has more political parties
10.
Thomas Jefferson argued if a govt disregards the will of the people, the people are free to do which of the following?
a)
stop paying taxes to the government
b)
change their government
c)
move to another country
d)
execute the king
11.
What was the first system of government that the original 13 states created for the United States?
a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

The Social Contract

c)

Parliamentary Rudiments of Government

d)

League of Friendship

12.
The Framers took the idea of separation of powers from which philosopher?
a)

Machiavelli

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Locke

d)

Voltaire

13.
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)

Congress lacked the power to tax.

b)

Congress was not allowed to coin money.

c)

Congress was not allowed to conduct foreign policy.

d)

The president had too much power.

14.
The US Founders were inspired by the English documents. What ideal did they take away from these documents?
a)

limited government

b)

checks and balances

c)

federalism

d)

divine right of kings

15.
Whose ideas regarding the social contract theory were most heavily used in the Declaration of Independence?
a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Franklin

d)

Washington

16.
Why is Shays' Rebellion important?
a)
it proved the Articles of Confederation were too weak
b)
it led to the creation of the Massachusetts Congressional House
c)
it led to the victory of the Revolutionary War against Great Britain
d)
it led to more states joining the Union in the Civil War
17.
Which vocabulary term would describe the graphic below:
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Limited Government
c)
Seperation of Powers
d)
Federalism

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