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Define government.
a) The governing body of a state, nation, or community.
b) The study of human history and prehistory through excavation.
c) The study of humankind.
d) The study of systems of government, the analysis if of political activity.
Which of the following is NOT a reason to study government?
a) To become informed voters.
b) To understand your constitutional rights.
c) To know your responsibilities under the law.
d) To know who is the leader and what they stand for.
How does population impact the state?
a) It determines how many electoral votes they will receive and how much representation they receive in the government.
b) The population determines who is in charge of the government.
c) The nature of the population affects its stability.
d) The population determines the type of government they have.
How can territorial boundaries change?
a) War, negotiations, and purchase.
b) War, invasion by a foreign power.
c) Through purchase and laws.
d) Deals made between the two original leaders.
Which of the following is the definition of political sovereignty?
a) The state/nation has supreme and absolute authority within its boundaries.
b) The organized group of people with at least roughly similar political ideas and values.
c) The lifelong process by which people form their own ideas about politics and acquire politcal values.
d) The branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government and political action.
Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes of government?
a) Maintain social order.
b) Provide public services.
c) Making decisions for the country.
d) Provide national security.
An autocracy is a government with __________________ ruler(s).
a) One
b) Several
c) Four
d) None
Which of the following is an example of a dictatorship?
a) USA
b) Russia
c) Soviet Union
d) Nazi Germany
What is the difference between a monarchy and a constitutional monarchy?
a) A monarchy has to share power, while a constitutional monarchy has absolute power.
b) Both have kings and queens.
c) A monarchy has a king with absolute power, a constitutional monarchy has king that has to be held accountable by a parliament
d) A monarchy has a king or queen. A constitutional monarchy has a constitution.
Which of the following is an example of a CURRENT communist nation?
a) Russia
b) North Korea
c) USA
d) Brazil
The US has what type of government?
a) Dictatorship
b) Oligarchy
c) Democracy
d) Republic
Identify the ORIGINAL name of the type of government the US had.
a) Articles of Confederation
b) Constitution
c) Bill of Rights
d) Declaration of Independence.
Which philosopher argued for the separation of powers?
a) Voltaire
b) Thomas Hobbes
c) John Locke
d) Charles de Montesquieu
The Connecticut Compromise was a compromise between which two plans in the conventional congress?
a) The Virginia Plan and New York Plan
b) The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
c) The North Carolina Plan and Delaware Plan
d) The Georgia Plan and New Jersey Plan
The 3/5 Compromise dealt with what?
a) If a slave would be counted as one person.
b) Whether or not slaves would have the right to vote.
c) Determining how much slaves were worth.
d) How much slaves were accounted for when counting the population.
This branch of government is the branch that interprets law.
a) Executive branch
b) Judicial Branch
c) Legislative Branch
d) Judiciary Branch
What are the first ten amendments known as?
a) Declaration of Independence.
b) Bill of Rights
c) Ten Commandments
d) Constitution
Why didn't the founding fathers deal with slavery in the constitution?
a) Southern states refused to deal with slavery.
b) They couldn't reach an agreement.
c) They knew southern states would not ratify the constitution if they outlawed slavery.
d) Slavery didn't exist at the time.
This branch of government makes the law.
a) Executive Branch
b) Judicial Branch
c) Legislative Branch
d) Judiciary Branch
The president and the cabinet are what branch of government?
a) Executive branch
b) Judicial branch
c) Legislative Branch
d) Judiciary Branch
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