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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
separation of powers
B
representative government
C
Limited Government
D
checks and balances
2) Which Social contract theorist who believed in absolute monarchs?
A
Locke
B
Rousseau
C
Montesquieu
D
Hobbes
3) Who wrote the declaration of independence ?
A
John Locke
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
John Adams
D
Benjamin Franklin
4) What was the 1st document in English history to limit power of the monarch?
A
English Bill of Rights
B
declaration of Independence
C
Petition of Right
D
Magna Carta
5) What was the first plan for self-government in the American colonies?
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Mayflower Compact
C
Magna Carta
D
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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
Elected Legislatures
B
Written Constitutions
C
House of Burgesses
D
Separation of Powers
8) Who wrote about the Natural rights of Life, liberty, and property?
A
Hobbes
B
Montesquieu
C
Hobbes
D
Locke
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
1st Continental Congress
C
2nd Continental Congress
D
House of Burgesses
11) What was the First constitution in the American colonies?
A
Albany Plan of Union
B
Mayflower Compact
C
Declaration of Independence
D
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
12) What was the 3rd document from England that limited the power of the monarch by requiring consent for armies?
A
Magna Carta
B
English Bill of Rights
C
Declaration of Independence
D
petition of right
13) Which Which document, written in 1776, formally declared our intent to break away from England?
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Preamble
C
Albany Plan of Union
D
Articles of Confederation
14) Which Political theorist Stressed the need for Need for Separation of Powers?
A
Hobbes
B
Rousseau
C
Montesquieu
D
Locke
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