Types Of Government Quiz: Trivia Test!
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- 1.Theocracy
- A.
One leader or person who has absolute control over the lives of the people of the nation.
- B.
King or Queen rules the nation.
- C.
Citizens hold political power.
- D.
A government that recognizes God as the primary or main political authority.
- 2.Dictatorship
- A.
People of a country elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government.
- B.
King or Queen rules the nation.
- C.
One leader or person has absolute or total control over the people's lives in the nation.
- D.
Citizens hold political power.
- 3.Monarchy
- A.
People hold the political power to the nation
- B.
King or queen rules/leads the nation
- C.
Government is headed by a strong military leader who has total control over the nation
- D.
No one is in charge-mob rule
- 4.Democracy
- A.
Citizens hold the political power in government
- B.
King or queen rules in the nation
- C.
Mob rule- no one is in charge
- D.
God is the ultimate authority of the government
- 5.Representative Democracy
- A.
King or queen rules the nation
- B.
Mob rule- choas and disorder in government
- C.
Voters elect representatives to help make decisions in government
- D.
One leader who has direct power over all the people of the nation
- 6.Montesquieu's philosophy can be found in which famous American document- separation of powers within the national government...
- A.
Treaty of Paris
- B.
Declaration of Independence
- C.
US Constitution
- D.
Gettysburg Address
- 7.Anarchy
- A.
King or Queen rules the nation
- B.
Mob rule or choas and disorder- lack of government
- C.
God is at the center of government
- D.
People make all the decisions for the king
- 8.What was the main idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence? (Hint: John Locke)
- A.
A government that denies its people certain basic rights can be overthrown
- B.
Government should guarantee its citizens economic security
- C.
The national and state governments should share power
- D.
Rulers from nations get power to rule from God and are have to govern in the best interest for all people
- 9.John Locke believed in the concept of natural rights of the indiividual. What US document did he later help influence in our national history?
- A.
Gettysburg Address
- B.
US Constitution
- C.
Declaration of Independence
- D.
Emancipation Proclamation
- 10.John Locke would have supported which of the following?
- A.
The separate branches of government
- B.
The desire to have a absolute monarch or king
- C.
Social Contracts between the people and the government
- D.
Life, Liberty, Property- Natural Rights
- 11.Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
- A.
John Adams
- B.
Benjamin Franklin
- C.
Thomas Jefferson
- D.
James Madison
- 12.The concept of natural rights was included in the Declaration of Independence- influenced by John Locke.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.The Declaration of Independence laid the foundation for democratic thinking.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes would have supported which type of government?
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Anarchy
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Dictatorship
- 15.In contrast to a democracy, which forms of govt. uses the military to maintain power against the people's consent?
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Anarchy
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Dictatorship
- 16.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?
- A.
The power of govt. rests with the citizens
- B.
The power of the govt. rests with the leaders at the top of the govt.
- C.
Republicans are always in control
- D.
Republic forms of govt. have strict rules and laws that must be followed
- 17.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?
- A.
Citizens should lobby for new laws
- B.
Citizens vote for their leaders
- C.
To respond to public opinion polls
- D.
Take part in political campaingns
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