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Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
These things are affected by the location,customs,beliefs and laws of society.
(A) time, change,contiinuity
(B) production,distibutation,consumption
(C) Human Enviromental interaction
(D) Movement/Migration
The product of the government, beliefs,regions,customs and traditions of the society.
(A) Culture
(B) Production,Distribution,Consumption
(C) Grain from Trade
(D) Location
In a federal system of government, power is......
(A) divided between the national government and the states
(B) held by one person who makes all the decisions
(C) held by central government that makes decisions
(D) divided equally between all state government
The traveled of people and ideas affects all societies involved.
(A) Culture
(B) conflict and change
(C) Location
(D) Migration
Humans , their environment , and the society each other
(A) Human Environment
(B) Production, distribution, consumption.
(C) Governance
(D) Time , Change Continuity
When there are disagreements between or within groups of people , change is the result.
(A) Time change,Contunuity
(B) Location
(C) Conflict and Change
(D) Scarcity
This affects a society's economy,Culture and development
(A) Location
(B) Conflict and Change
(C) Scaricity
(D) Governace
An oligarchy is best defined as ...
(A) a government ruled by a dictator
(B) A government rules by a monarchy
(C) A government ruled by a small elite groupe
(D) A government ruled by a large,selected group
Which statement best characterizes a dictatorship
(A) the leader shares power,if necessary
(B) The leader maintains power through birth
(C) The leader inherits power through birth,
(D) The leader is blessed by the church
How does a monarch typically take power
(A) by being elected
(B) by taking over in a revolution
(C) by being appointed by leaders of a political party
(D) by taking over when previous monarch dies or retires
in an autocracy what kind of power does the leader hold
he holds all the power
he holdes limited power
he is on of a group that holds power
he is only figurhead
in a direct democrocy who votes on government policy
(A) senstors
(B) all citizens
(C) representatives
(D) only democrats
two form of democracy are.....
(A) national and state
(B) republican and democrat
(C) local and national
(D) direct and representives
in a unitary system of government ,local offices......
(A) have equal power with the central government
(B) elect representives to the central government
(C) can veto decisions made by the central government
(D) must follow decisions government
when the police arrest someone today the must follow certan agreed-upon procedures.
(A) the rule of law
(B) the seperation of powers
(C) due process
(D) the legislative branch
the english bill of rights declared that each member of parliment had the right to....
(A) speak freely
(B) refuse to pat taxes
(C) disobey laws
(D) serve as king
the English Billl of rights put limits on the power of
(A) Parliment
(B) the army
(C) the monarchy
(D) the judiciary
William Blackstone was important because he...
(A) wrote the Megan Carta
(B) led the Glorious revolution
(C) wrote the engilsh bill of rights
(D) created a record of commen law
What traditional idea did the Enlightenment thinkers challenge to improve the lives and freedoms of ordinary people
(A)Government
(B)Medicine
(C) Religion
(D) Scienice
The social contract theory states that
(A) government should always be allowed to encourage the spread of protestanism
(B) farmers are required to give up some rights in exchange for government funding
(C) peasants should raise up against the wealthy to gain states within society
(D) citizens give up som libertys to government in exchange for protection of their self-interests
Enlightenment tinkers rejected the consept of ..
(A) Absolutism
(B) Freedom
(C) indivdually
(D) society
who wrote the Leviathan
(A) Thomas Hobbs
(B) Jhon lock
(C) Baron de Montesquieu
(D) Jean-Jacquees Rousseau
Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Jhon Lock
(A) People are naturally reasonable
(B) people are naturally selfish and violent
(C) governments create unequal societes
(D) government should be seprate from religion
The Mayflower compact had three parts
(A) Agreeing to form a group
(B) creating rules for the good of everyone
(C) promising to follow the rules
(D)All the above
Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment philospher from
(A) belgium
(B) England
(C) France
(D) Germany
one of baron de montesquieus key ideas was
(A) seperating church and state
(B) creating checks and balances
(C) establishing natural rights
(D) establishing equality society
In France philosophes discussed Enlightenment ideas in
(A) barbershops
(B) resterunts
(B) salons
(D) taverns
Enlightenment thinkers questioned
(A) government authority
(B) unalienable rights
(C) the right to reble
(D) government programes
A social contract is an agreement between
(A) a government and its citizens
citizens of 2 diffrent countrys
governments of two diffrent countries
property owners and government
Which of the following principles did the Founders use as part of the basis for the Constitution
(A) unlimited state government
(B) strong federal government
(C) selective equality
(D) popular sovereignty
De Tocqueville,s travels throughout the U.S led him to conclude that is was.
(A) a democratic country
(B) a populist country
(C) an aristocratic country
(D) a unique country
Which of the following is the best example of populism
(A) a government allows its people to govern themselves
(B) A monarch holds absolute power over people
(C) a government restricts the freedom of its citizens
(D) a government declares that all people are equal
The basis for America's foundation in liberty is found
(A) Patrick Henry's speech about liberty
(B) the declaration of independence
(C) the bill of rights and the constitution
(D) de Tocqueville's book Democracy in America
Why did Alexis de Tocqueville travel to the US
(A) he wanted to see how Europe had influenced it
(B) he was sent by the king of France as an envoy
(C) he wanted to learn about the political system
(D) he was sent to study Americal History
Which Founder included the idea of natural rights when he wrote the Declaration of Independence
(A) James Madison
(B)Thomas Jefferson
(C) Gerorge Washington
(D) Jhon jay
What year was the Declaration of Independance signed
1691
1898
1776
1999
