Constitutional Foundations

What is the term for a political system in which people govern themselves?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

In Citytopia, all citizens age 18 and above are allowed to attend the meetings about the business of the city. Citizens debate and vote on all proposed laws. 

What type of government does Citytopia have? 

• republican

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

English political philosopher of the seventeenth century, all people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property. From this came the idea that people should be free to consent to being governed. Many of his ideas were the foundation of the Declaration of Independence. 

• Francis Bacon

• John Locke

• George Washington

• Adam Smith

In Saudi Arabia, members of the royal family have unrestricted power where they make laws for the country without limitations. 

This is an example of

• an oligarchy.

• a monarchy.

• a socialist republic.

• a limited democracy.

In many socialist countries the government is _____ which means that  only members of a certain political party or ruling elite can participate in government

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Totalitarian

What term describes the means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits that the society as a whole needs.

• Government

• Politics

• Collectivism

• Authoritarian

The Declaration of Independence's inclusion of the rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" was most likely influenced by the writings of which European philosopher?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Washington

The basic features of a state include all of the following, EXCEPT

• Population

• Government

• Territory

• Industry

A monarchy is a type of

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

Natural Rights

• Had all the power in the first US government

• Things that the government is supposed to protect

• Power is divided between the state and national government

• First government could not enforce these