AMGOV - Unit 1 Practice Test

A Unitary System focuses all of the power of government into...

• Both national and local governments

• Several smaller governments

• One central government

This type of government is controlled by a small group of wealthy elites, like modern day Russia.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

This type of government gives the power to the citizens to make decisions, like in modern day Canada or the United Kingdom

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

This type of government is typically ruled by a single person - usually a king, queen, or emperor - who inherited the role from their family. Examples of this would include modern day Saudi Arabia or medieval France and Britain.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

This type of government is typically run by a single person who took power - often by violent or manipulative means - and they hold all of the real power in government. Examples of this would include Nazi Germany and Italy under Mussolini.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Most of the first permanent European colonists in America were from...

• The United States

• France

• England

• Canada

This document limited the power of English kings and queens by laying out the rights ever land owner in the country was entitled to.

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Fundamental Orders

This document was the first example of plans for a colonial government.

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Fundamental Orders

True or False: Colonial governments were allowed to make laws about what religion you needed to follow.

• True

• False

Why would Great Britain allow colonies to develop politically on their own?

• They didn't care what happened in the colonies

• It was easier and more cost efficient, given the distance between the colonies and Britain

• They wanted those colonies to have more freedoms than England

• The colonies were not profitable