Types Of Government Quiz: Trivia Test!

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    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
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  • 2. 

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

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 3. 

    Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

    • John Adams

    • Benjamin Franklin

    • Thomas Jefferson

    • James Madison

    Correct Answer
    A. Thomas Jefferson
  • 4. 

    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

    Correct Answer
    A. Declaration of Independence
  • 5. 

    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

    Correct Answer
    A. Voters elect representatives to help make decisions in government
  • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Citizens hold the political power in 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Citizens vote for their leaders
  • 8. 

    The Declaration of Independence laid the foundation for democratic thinking.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 9. 

    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.

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

    Correct Answer
    A. Mob rule or choas and disorder- lack of government
  • 11. 

    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.

    Correct Answer
    A. A government that recognizes God as the primary or main political authority.
  • 12. 

    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

    Correct Answer
    A. King or queen rules/leads the nation
  • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. US Constitution
  • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. The power of govt. rests with the citizens
  • 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

    • Rulers from nations get power to rule from God and are have to govern in the best interest for all people

    Correct Answer
    A. A government that denies its people certain basic rights can be overthrown
  • 16. 

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

    • Monarchy

    • Anarchy

    • Democracy

    • Dictatorship

    Correct Answer
    A. Monarchy
  • 17. 

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

    • Monarchy

    • Anarchy

    • Democracy

    • Dictatorship

    Correct Answer
    A. Dictatorship

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