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Government Systems & Philosophies Review

Quiz by Jonnie Larson

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  • Q1
    Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?
    a democracy
    an autocracy
    a confederation
    an oligarchy
    30s
  • Q2
    Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?
    an autocracy
    a confederation
    a democracy
    an oligarchy
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a difference between an authoritarian government and a democratic government?
    In authoritarian governments, the people rule.
    In authoritarian governments, many have power.
    n democracies, government officials gain power through force.
    In democracies, the power of the government is limited.
    30s
  • Q4
    Why are authoritarian and totalitarian systems considered unlimited governments?
    The people under those systems are allowed to elect their government leaders.
    Those systems protect individual freedoms.
    The government leaders have absolute power
    Those systems have one branch that checks the powers of the other branches.
    30s
  • Q5
    In which type of system do citizens have some rights to participation IF they are wealthy and powerful?
    democracy
    monarchy
    autocracy
    oligarchy
    30s
  • Q6
    How does a dictatorship MOST differ from a democracy?
    In a democracy, no limits are placed on individual freedoms and rights.
    In a dictatorship, individuals have the final say in government.
    In a democracy, citizens share in governing and being governed.
    In a dictatorship, the power of the government is restricted.
    30s
  • Q7
    In which form government is the opportunity for citizen involvement the HIGHEST?
    Absolute Monarchies
    Constitutional Monarchies
    Theocracies
    Parliamentary Democracies
    30s
  • Q8
    What is the main difference between a parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy?
    A presidential democracy does not have an equivalent to Parliament, the parliamentary democracy's legislative branch.
    A presidential democracy allows the population to choose the executive, but a parliamentary democracy allows the legislature to choose the executive.
    A parliamentary democracy does not have an individual executive but a presidential democracy does.
    A parliamentary democracy does not have a judicial branch.
    30s
  • Q9
    Nearly all of Latin American governments use a presidential system of government. This means
    a president must work closely with the parliament who chooses him or her.
    the president's power cannot be stopped by the judicial branch.
    the executive branch is more powerful than the other branches of government.
    an executive branch exists and has power separate from the legislature.
    30s
  • Q10
    Both India and Japan are considered parliamentary republics. In this type of government the legislative branch consists of an elected Parliament and the ___ is head of the executive branch.
    President
    King
    State Council
    Prime Minister
    30s
  • Q11
    Which statement BEST describes a difference between a presidential system of democracy and a parliamentary system of democracy?
    The prime minister is elected directly by popular vote in a parliamentary state ONLY.
    The president acts as head of state in a presidential system ONLY.
    The prime minister act as head of the national government in a parliamentary state ONLY.
    The president is chosen by members of the Legislative Branch in a presidential system ONLY.
    30s
  • Q12
    The Declaration of Independence and the "Social Contract Theory" both arose from which philosophical movement?
    Existentialism
    Enlightenment
    Humanism
    Realism
    30s
  • Q13
    Which statement best describes a political theory of John Locke?
    The government should be divided into three separate branches.
    There should be a separation between church and state.
    A government's power comes from the consent of the people.
    Men and women are born free and entitled to equality.
    30s
  • Q14
    The phrase in the Declaration of Independence stating "that governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" illustrates the principle of
    judicial review.
    equality before the law.
    the Social Contract theory.
    federalism.
    30s
  • Q15
    Historians often praise Thomas Jefferson for incorporating the Enlightenment into the Declaration of Independence. Which of these BEST explains why this can be said?
    it contains many references to "Nature's God" and religion
    the philosophies of John Locke and Montesquieu are used
    it was written in the middle of the 18th Century
    there is evidence that it was written in France
    30s

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