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GOVERNMENT

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These things are affected by the location,customs,beliefs and laws of society.

a)

(A) time, change,contiinuity

b)

(B) production,distibutation,consumption

c)

(C) Human Enviromental interaction

d)

(D) Movement/Migration

2.

The product of the government, beliefs,regions,customs and traditions of the society.

a)

(A) Culture

b)

(B) Production,Distribution,Consumption

c)

(C) Grain from Trade

d)

(D) Location

3.

In a federal system of government, power is......

a)

(A) divided between the national government and the states

b)

(B) held by one person who makes all the decisions

c)

(C) held by central government that makes decisions

d)

(D) divided equally between all state government

4.

The traveled of people and ideas affects all societies involved.

a)

(A) Culture

b)

(B) conflict and change

c)

(C) Location

d)

(D) Migration

5.

Humans , their environment , and the society each other

a)

(A) Human Environment

b)

(B) Production, distribution, consumption.

c)

(C) Governance

d)

(D) Time , Change Continuity

6.

When there are disagreements between or within groups of people , change is the result.

a)

(A) Time change,Contunuity

b)

(B) Location

c)

(C) Conflict and Change

d)

(D) Scarcity

7.

This affects a society's economy,Culture and development

a)

(A) Location

b)

(B) Conflict and Change

c)

(C) Scaricity

d)

(D) Governace

8.

An oligarchy is best defined as ...

a)

(A) a government ruled by a dictator

b)

(B) A government rules by a monarchy

c)

(C) A government ruled by a small elite groupe

d)

(D) A government ruled by a large,selected group

9.

Which statement best characterizes a dictatorship

a)

(A) the leader shares power,if necessary

b)

(B) The leader maintains power through birth

c)

(C) The leader inherits power through birth,

d)

(D) The leader is blessed by the church

10.

How does a monarch typically take power

a)

(A) by being elected

b)

(B) by taking over in a revolution

c)

(C) by being appointed by leaders of a political party

d)

(D) by taking over when previous monarch dies or retires

11.

in an autocracy what kind of power does the leader hold

a)

he holds all the power

b)

he holdes limited power

c)

he is on of a group that holds power

d)

he is only figurhead

12.

in a direct democrocy who votes on government policy

a)

(A) senstors

b)

(B) all citizens

c)

(C) representatives

d)

(D) only democrats

13.

two form of democracy are.....

a)

(A) national and state

b)

(B) republican and democrat

c)

(C) local and national

d)

(D) direct and representives

14.

in a unitary system of government ,local offices......

a)

(A) have equal power with the central government

b)

(B) elect representives to the central government

c)

(C) can veto decisions made by the central government

d)

(D) must follow decisions government

15.

when the police arrest someone today the must follow certan agreed-upon procedures.

a)

(A) the rule of law

b)

(B) the seperation of powers

c)

(C) due process

d)

(D) the legislative branch

16.

the english bill of rights declared that each member of parliment had the right to....

a)

(A) speak freely

b)

(B) refuse to pat taxes

c)

(C) disobey laws

d)

(D) serve as king

17.

the English Billl of rights put limits on the power of

a)

(A) Parliment

b)

(B) the army

c)


(C) the monarchy

d)

(D) the judiciary

18.

William Blackstone was important because he...

a)

(A) wrote the Megan Carta

b)

(B) led the Glorious revolution

c)

(C) wrote the engilsh bill of rights

d)

(D) created a record of commen law

19.

What traditional idea did the Enlightenment thinkers challenge to improve the lives and freedoms of ordinary people

a)

(A)Government

b)

(B)Medicine

c)

(C) Religion

d)

(D) Scienice

20.

The social contract theory states that

a)

(A) government should always be allowed to encourage the spread of protestanism

b)

(B) farmers are required to give up some rights in exchange for government funding

c)

(C) peasants should raise up against the wealthy to gain states within society

d)

(D) citizens give up som libertys to government in exchange for protection of their self-interests

21.

Enlightenment tinkers rejected the consept of ..

a)

(A) Absolutism

b)

(B) Freedom

c)

(C) indivdually

d)

(D) society

22.

who wrote the Leviathan

a)

(A) Thomas Hobbs

b)

(B) Jhon lock

c)

(C) Baron de Montesquieu

d)

(D) Jean-Jacquees Rousseau

23.

Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Jhon Lock

a)

(A) People are naturally reasonable

b)

(B) people are naturally selfish and violent

c)

(C) governments create unequal societes

d)

(D) government should be seprate from religion

24.

The Mayflower compact had three parts

a)

(A) Agreeing to form a group

b)

(B) creating rules for the good of everyone

c)

(C) promising to follow the rules

d)

(D)All the above

25.

Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment philospher from

a)

(A) belgium

b)

(B) England

c)

(C) France

d)

(D) Germany

26.

one of baron de montesquieus key ideas was

a)

(A) seperating church and state

b)

(B) creating checks and balances

c)

(C) establishing natural rights

d)

(D) establishing equality society

27.

In France philosophes discussed Enlightenment ideas in

a)

(A) barbershops

b)

(B) resterunts

c)

(B) salons

d)

(D) taverns

28.

Enlightenment thinkers questioned

a)

(A) government authority

b)

(B) unalienable rights

c)

(C) the right to reble

d)

(D) government programes

29.

A social contract is an agreement between

a)

(A) a government and its citizens

b)

citizens of 2 diffrent countrys

c)

governments of two diffrent countries

d)

property owners and government

30.

Which of the following principles did the Founders use as part of the basis for the Constitution

a)

(A) unlimited state government

b)

(B) strong federal government

c)

(C) selective equality

d)

(D) popular sovereignty

31.

De Tocqueville,s travels throughout the U.S led him to conclude that is was.

a)

(A) a democratic country

b)

(B) a populist country

c)

(C) an aristocratic country

d)

(D) a unique country

32.

Which of the following is the best example of populism

a)

(A) a government allows its people to govern themselves

b)

(B) A monarch holds absolute power over people

c)

(C) a government restricts the freedom of its citizens

d)

(D) a government declares that all people are equal

33.

The basis for America's foundation in liberty is found

a)

(A) Patrick Henry's speech about liberty

b)

(B) the declaration of independence

c)

(C) the bill of rights and the constitution

d)

(D) de Tocqueville's book Democracy in America

34.

Why did Alexis de Tocqueville travel to the US

a)

(A) he wanted to see how Europe had influenced it

b)

(B) he was sent by the king of France as an envoy

c)

(C) he wanted to learn about the political system

d)

(D) he was sent to study Americal History

35.

Which Founder included the idea of natural rights when he wrote the Declaration of Independence

a)

(A) James Madison

b)

(B)Thomas Jefferson

c)

(C) Gerorge Washington

d)

(D) Jhon jay

36.

What year was the Declaration of Independance signed

a)

1691

b)

1898

c)

1776

d)

1999