Types Of Government Quiz: Trivia Test!

1. The concept of natural rights was included in the Declaration of Independence- influenced by John Locke.

True

False

2. John Locke would have supported which of the following?

The separate branches of government

The desire to have a absolute monarch or king

Social Contracts between the people and the government

Life, Liberty, Property- Natural Rights

3. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

John Adams

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

4. Representative Democracy

King or queen rules the nation

Mob rule- choas and disorder in government

Voters elect representatives to help make decisions in government

One leader who has direct power over all the people of the nation

5. John Locke believed in the concept of natural rights of the indiividual. What US document did he later help influence in our national history?

Gettysburg Address

US Constitution

Declaration of Independence

Emancipation Proclamation

6. Democracy

Citizens hold the political power in government

King or queen rules in the nation

Mob rule- no one is in charge

God is the ultimate authority of the government

7. Use the quote from Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu to answer the next question: " The people are extremely well qualified for choosing those whom they are to entrust with part of their authority"- Montesquieu 1748 Which best summarizes his view of the responsibility of citizens in a democracy?

Citizens should lobby for new laws

Citizens vote for their leaders

To respond to public opinion polls

Take part in political campaingns

8. Dictatorship

People of a country elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government.

King or Queen rules the nation.

One leader or person has absolute or total control over the people's lives in the nation.

Citizens hold political power.

9. The Declaration of Independence laid the foundation for democratic thinking.

True

False

10. Anarchy

King or Queen rules the nation

Mob rule or choas and disorder- lack of government

God is at the center of government

People make all the decisions for the king

11. Monarchy

People hold the political power to the nation

King or queen rules/leads the nation

Government is headed by a strong military leader who has total control over the nation

No one is in charge-mob rule

12. Theocracy

One leader or person who has absolute control over the lives of the people of the nation.

King or Queen rules the nation.

Citizens hold political power.

A government that recognizes God as the primary or main political authority.

13. Montesquieu's philosophy can be found in which famous American document- separation of powers within the national government...

Treaty of Paris

Declaration of Independence

US Constitution

Gettysburg Address

14. Use the following quote to help you answer the question below: "It must be acknowledged that the term 'republic' is of a very vague application in every language... I would say purely and simply it means a government by its citizens in mass, acting directly and personally according to the rules of the majority."- Thomas Jefferson 1816 Which statement summarizes Jefferson's ideas about a republic form of government?

The power of govt. rests with the citizens

The power of the govt. rests with the leaders at the top of the govt.

Republicans are always in control

Republic forms of govt. have strict rules and laws that must be followed

15. What was the main idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence? (Hint: John Locke)

A government that denies its people certain basic rights can be overthrown

Government should guarantee its citizens economic security

The national and state governments should share power

16. Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes would have supported which type of government?

Monarchy

Anarchy

Democracy

Dictatorship

17. In contrast to a democracy, which forms of govt. uses the military to maintain power against the people's consent?