Civics Midterm Quiz

How did the Magna Carta influence American Gov.?

• It abolished the monarchy

• It granted absolute power to the monarchy

• It created a two-house legislature

• It established the principle of limited government

What type of government does the United States have?

• Absolute monarchy

• Constitutional monarchy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

What best describes a direct democracy?

• The people directly choose and majority rules

• The government is controlled by a single ruler

• The government is controlled by religious leaders

• The government is controlled by a small group of individuals

What type of government does the Britain/United Kingdom have currently?

• Dictatorship

• Constitutional monarchy

• Absolute monarchy

• Republic

What is the government's main responsibility?

• Make and pass laws

• Provide social services

• Enforce laws

• Keep order and security

The English Bill of Rights est./created a group of advisors called the...

• Parliament

• Congress

• Senate

• Cabinet

What Enlightenment thinker believed that a strong government was necessary to keep order in society?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

What document signified the United States officially separating from Great Britain?

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

Who believed in the right of life, liberty and property?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

What best describes the Great Compromise?

• It created a two-house legislature based on different schemes of representation

• It abolished the monarchy

• It granted absolute power to the monarchy

• It established the principle of limited government