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Government 2.1
Test Description: American Political Traditions
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which principle of democracy restricts the power of rulers so that it is not absolute?
A
Limited Government
B
representative government
C
separation of powers
D
checks and balances
2) Which Social contract theorist who believed in absolute monarchs?
A
Rousseau
B
Hobbes
C
Locke
D
Montesquieu
3) Who wrote the declaration of independence ?
A
Benjamin Franklin
B
John Locke
C
John Adams
D
Thomas Jefferson
4) What was the 1st document in English history to limit power of the monarch?
A
declaration of Independence
B
Magna Carta
C
Petition of Right
D
English Bill of Rights
5) What was the first plan for self-government in the American colonies?
A
Mayflower Compact
B
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
C
Declaration of Independence
D
Magna Carta
6) What is a division of power within one level of government called?
A
limited government
B
separation of powers
C
federalism
D
checks and balances
7) Which of the following is NOT one of the three things that Colonial gov'ts had in common?
A
House of Burgesses
B
Separation of Powers
C
Elected Legislatures
D
Written Constitutions
8) Who wrote about the Natural rights of Life, liberty, and property?
A
Montesquieu
B
Hobbes
C
Locke
D
Hobbes
9) Which theorist said if rulers break the contract, people can choose another set of rulers?
A
Rousseau
B
Locke
C
Hobbes
D
Montesquieu
10) What was the the first elected legislature in the American colonies ?
A
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
B
2nd Continental Congress
C
House of Burgesses
D
1st Continental Congress
11) What was the First constitution in the American colonies?
A
Albany Plan of Union
B
Declaration of Independence
C
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
D
Mayflower Compact
12) What was the 3rd document from England that limited the power of the monarch by requiring consent for armies?
A
petition of right
B
Magna Carta
C
English Bill of Rights
D
Declaration of Independence
13) Which Which document, written in 1776, formally declared our intent to break away from England?
A
Albany Plan of Union
B
Articles of Confederation
C
Preamble
D
Declaration of Independence
14) Which Political theorist Stressed the need for Need for Separation of Powers?
A
Locke
B
Montesquieu
C
Hobbes
D
Rousseau
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