WorksheetsGovernment Topic 1 and 2 Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 21mins
Match the branch of government to the power that they hold.
The power to make and frame public policies, laws.
Legislative Branch
The power to execute, enforce, and administer laws.
Executive Branch
The power to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within society.
Judicial Branch
Select all of the ways someone can stay engaged in government and politics.
Stay informed on the news.
Staying quiet on what you believe in.
Volunteer for various organizations, attend city meetings, run for office.
Vote!
The process by which a society decides how power and resources will be distributed within that society is known as...
Politics
Government
Public Policies
Laws
True or False: There have been no governments that are or were ever exactly alike.
True
False
Select the three characteristics that help classify governments.
Who can participate in the governing process.
The geographic distribution of governmental power within the state.
The relationship between the legislative and executive branches of government.
The relationship between the legislative and judicial branches of government.
The social class distribution of governmental power within the state.
Match the following types of governments to its definition.
A type of democracy where every individual gets to participate directly in the democratic process.
Direct Democracy
A legal system of a state is based on religious law.
Theocracy
Sovereign power is held by those eligible to vote, but political power is exercised by representatives chosen by and held responsible to those citizens.
Republic
A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small group, usually self-appointed elite, of people.
Oligarchy
A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited power.
Autocracy
Match the following types of governments to its definition.
A type of democracy where people vote for representatives to participate in the democratic process for them.
Indirect Democracy
A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of a prime minister/premier and their cabinet, but they are also part of the legislature.
Parliamentary Government
Those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people.
Dictatorship
A system of shared powers in which the executive and legislative branch have separate powers.
Presidential Government
True or False: Rome was the first city-state to have the first democracy.
True
False
When the Romans overthrew their monarchy, they replaced their government with a(n)...
Republic
Oligarchy
Direct Democracy
Emperor
Match the following terms to their respective definitions.
Rich upper class, landowning aristocrats of the Roman Republic.
Patricians
The common folk in the Roman Republic.
Plebeians
The chief executives of government in the Roman Republic, commanders of the army in wartime, conducted foreign affairs, and presided over the Senate and enforced its decrees.
Consuls
This group proposed laws in the Roman republic, could veto power over any acts of assemblies or consuls, and advised consuls and assemblies.
Senators (Roman)
True or False: Lords pledged and served vassals during feudalism.
True
False
The control of one nation over foreign lands refers to...
Colonialism
Mercantilism
The Commercial Revolution
Politics
John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Voltaire, Baron de Montesquieu, and William Blackstone are all examples of...
Enlightenment thinkers
Founding Fathers
Lawyers
Government Officials
Match the following terms to their respective definition.
The ability to get people to behave in certain ways; get others to do what you want them to do.
Power
The right to rule, have power.
Authority
A society’s belief that their ruler/government has the right to rule, usually granted by law or constitution.
Legitimacy
Select all that are considered foundations of democracy.
Recognition of the fundamental worth and dignity of every person
Respect for the equality of all persons
Faith in majority rule and insistence upon minority rights
Acceptance of the necessity of compromise
Insistence upon the widest possible degree of individual freedom
What is the relationship between majority rule and minority rights in a democratic system?
Majority rule can override minority rights completely, as the majority is always correct.
Majority rule ensures that decisions reflect the preferences of the majority, but it must be balanced with protections for minority rights to prevent the destruction of democracy.
Minority rights are irrelevant in a democracy as decisions are solely based on the majority’s preferences
Majority rule and minority rights are opposite concepts and cannot coexist in a democratic system.
Why is compromise important in government, politics, and democracy?
Compromise ensures that only the views of the majority are considered, simplifying decision-making.
Compromise allows for the incorporation of various perspectives, helps create policies that benefit a broader range of people, and prevents decision-making gridlock.
Compromise leads to indecisiveness and slows down the decision-making process.
Compromise favors one side over another, which can lead to unfair policies.
Select all the fundamental factors in the free enterprise system.
Private Ownership
Individual Initiative
Profit
Competition
Government Intervention
This is a basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that cannot be taken away.
Limited Government
Natural Rights
Ordered Government
Checks and Balances
Choose all of the documents that limited the British monarchs' powers, while also giving British citizens more guaranteed rights and freedoms.
The Magna Carta
Petition of Right
English Bill of Right
The Constitution and Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
This plan was a plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 for cooperation among the thirteen colonies. The delegates who met were supposed to have the power to raise military and naval forces, make war and peace with the Native Americans, and regulate trade with them, tax, and collect customs duties.
The Albany Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
The Great Compromise
The Declaration of Independence
Which is not one common feature that many of the first State Constitutions shared?
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Civil Rights and Liberties
Separation of Powers
Bicameral Legislature
A bicameral legislature consists of...
One house in the legislature
Two house in the legislature
Three house in the legislature
Four house in the legislature
This set of documents was a plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; it established “a firm league of friendship” among the states but allowed few important powers to the Federal Government.
Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
Shays' Rebellion helped...
Reveal the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Reveal the strengths of the Articles of Confederation.
Many farmers regain control of their lost lands and posessions.
Many farmers eventually become rich because they defeated State troops.
True or False: Federalists opposed the ratification of the Constitution.
True
False
The Great Compromise was a compromise between which two plans?
The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan and Albany Plan
The Albany Plan and New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan and the Three-Fifths Compromise
The New Jersey Plan and the Three-Fifths Compromise
This is an agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention to protect slaveholders; it denied Congress the power to tax the export fo goods from any State and, for twenty years (until 1808), denied Congress the power ot act on the slave trade.
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
The Great Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise
This clause requires that each State accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State.
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
Due Process Clause
Supremacy Clause
Santa Claus
How many colonies were part of the original colonies that eventually became the United States?
11
12
13
14
