Test 1

Question 1

What are characteristics of a presidential system?

Answer 1

Executive and legislative branches are separate and the leader of the executive branch is usually called the president

Question 2

What are characteristics of a parliamentary system?

Answer 2

Executive and legislative branches are combined, leader of executive branch is chosen by legislative branch, and is often called the prime minister/premiere

Question 3

What did enlightenment thinkers want?

Answer 3

To improve human conditions

Question 4

Governments often struggle balancing what?

Answer 4

Freedom and security

Question 5

What are examples of events that showcase how the government balances freedom and security?

Answer 5

The Patriot Act which the act of protecting against terrorism

Question 6

What phrase did Hobbes say about anarchy?

Answer 6

All against all

Question 7

What type of sovereignty did Hobbes want?

Answer 7

Absolute monarchy

Question 8

Who did Hobbes believe the social contract was between?

Answer 8

Between the people, not between them and the king. This means the people had no right to revolt

Question 9

Who wanted “power to check power” and what does this translate to?

Answer 9

Montesquieu, translates to checks and balances

Question 10

What kind of government did Locke want?

Answer 10

Representative democracy

Question 11

What were characteristics of the social contract Locke wanted?

Answer 11

It was between the people AND the sovereign, the government protects the people’s unalienable rights IF they give up absolute freedom

Question 12

Who thought that property was evil?

Answer 12

Rousseau

Question 13

What are characteristics about the social contract Rousseau wanted?

Answer 13

It would be amongst the people that follow the “general will” and those who didn’t would be forced to be “free” and banished

Question 14

Who holds the supreme authority in a democracy?

Answer 14

The people

Question 15

What is the most common type of government in the world?

Answer 15

Unitary government

Question 16

What are examples of a unitary governments?

Answer 16

England and China

Question 17

What is an example of a direct democracy?

Answer 17

Ancient Greece

Question 18

Which branch is the prime minister chosen from in a parliamentary style government?

Answer 18

Legislative

Question 19

What are examples of parliamentary style governments?

Answer 19

England, Canada, and France

Question 20

What type of government does the United States have and what other names does this type of government have?

Answer 20

Indirect, Republic, or Representative democracy

Question 21

What is an example of an oligarchy?

Answer 21

Early South Africa

Question 22

What is an example of a confederacy?

Answer 22

The United States when it had the Articles of Confederation

Question 23

What are examples of federalism?

Answer 23

United States and Germany

Question 24

What was the English document that was written in 1215 and was one of the first documents in Europe to limit the absolute authority of the monarchy called?

Answer 24

Magna Carta

Question 25

How many houses did the colonial legislatures have by being modeled after the English Parliament?

Answer 25

2

Question 26

What is a term that describes a government that has a 2-house legislative system and what does it mean?

Answer 26

Bicameral, latin for 2 houses/chambers

Question 27

What is a place called when people are ruled by a government in another place?

Answer 27

Colony

Question 28

What does the quote “no taxation without representation” mean?

Answer 28

If people had no say in government, they shouldn’t have to pay taxes

Question 29

What does popular sovereignty mean?

Answer 29

People have power, government can only exist with consent of the people

Question 30

How does the quote “no taxation without representation” relate to popular sovereignty?

Answer 30

If people had no say or no power in government, then their responsibility of taxes would make no sense because tax money goes to the government

Question 31

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 31

Thomas Jefferson

Question 32

Which political theorist influenced Jefferson for the Declaration of Independence and what did this person say?

Answer 32

Locke, he said all people have a right to life, liberty, property that should be protected by the government

Question 33

How does Locke’s theory of the social contract relate to the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 33

It states that if the government fails to protect our natural rights, we have the right to make a new one

Question 34

What was our government known as after the Revolution?

Answer 34

Articles of Confederation

Question 35

What does the Declaration of Independence state?

Answer 35

How the king broke the social contract (his grievances) and declared independence from England

Question 36

What was the earliest representative democracy created by colonists in Jamestown, Virginia?

Answer 36

Jamestown House of Burgesses

Question 37

What agreement did the Plymouth settlers sign aboard the Mayflower that created a direct democracy upon arrival in the New World?

Answer 37

Mayflower Compact