Government Unit Test

Government Unit Test

1. Identify the Enlightenment idea that governments should only exist with the consent of the governed.
2. According to our map of government types in our journal (page 22), which continent has a higher percentage of surface area under the control of “Full Democracy”, North America or South America?
3. According to our map of government types in our journal (page 22), which continent has a higher percentage of surface area under the control of “Full Democracy”, Europe or Africa?
4. According to our map of government types in our journal (page 22), which continent has a higher percentage of surface area under the control of “Full Democracy”, Australia or Antarctica?
5. Social Contract “agreements”  (contracts) provide balance between _________ and safety concerns.
6. Governments can be evaluated by the limits imposed upon their power. How would we classify a government with no limits?
7. How do we classify a situation with no Government?
8. As we evaluate governments by the limits imposed upon their power, would those that are more authoritarian be considered to have more limits upon them or fewer limits upon them?
9. As we evaluate governments by the limits imposed upon their power, would those that are more Libertarian be considered to have more limits upon them or fewer limits upon them?
10. As we evaluate governments by the division of powers on different levels, which type of government has only one level?
11. As we evaluate governments by the division of powers on different levels, which type of government has multiple levels?
12. Governments can be evaluated on their power ideologies. If a government is set up for the benefit of one specific group of individuals within a larger society, what is it’s power ideology?
13. Governments can be evaluated on their power ideologies. If a government is set up for the benefit of the people within a society, what is it’s power ideology?
14. Identify the form of government that has all of the power in a single person.
15. Identify the form of government that has the power in a group.
16. Identify the form of government that places the power in the citizens.
17. Give the approximate year for the “creation” of the World’s first democracy in Ancient Greece.
18. Give the year for the creation of the World’s first modern democracy in the United States.
19. (through 23.) List and briefly describe the forms of government from Plato’s Republic in order of most just to least just (according to Plato).
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24. Debts from which war led to the increased taxation of the colonies which was a prime reason for the American Revolution?
25. (through 29.) List the “Committee of Five” who were assigned the task of writing the Declaration of Independence.
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30. On which date did the colonies declare themselves sovereign.
31. (through 33.) List the three “unalienable rights” highlighted by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
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34. According to the Declaration of Independence, where do the just powers of government come from?
35. After independence, what document served as the framework for our government before the constitution?
36. (through 38.) List the three branches of the national government established by the U.S. Constitution.
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39. Which amendment grants citizens the Freedoms of Religion and Speech?
40. Which amendment grants citizens the right to bear arms?
41. Which amendment states that other powers not listed in the constitution are reserved to the states, or the people?
42. What is the name for the first ten amendments to the constitution?
43. Identify the document that ended slavery in areas of the U.S. under rebellion.
44. Where was the Women’s Rights Convention that adopted the Declaration of Sentiments held?
45. Identify the amendment that gave women the constitutional right to vote.
46. Write the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.