Unit 5 Practice Assessments

Parliament is to Great Britain as ___________ is to the United States Federal Government.

• Court

• Senate

• Congress

• President

Which of the following words is not related to the others?

• export

• import

• goods

• legislature

Which vocabulary term could replace the word “duty” in the following phrase: Parliament added duties to all imports coming into the colonies?

• taxes

• workers

• requirements

• consequences

Which word is a synonym of representative?

• senator

• delegate

• assembly

• amendment

Under British rule, colonists felt their individual rights were violated and that they had no representation in the British Parliament. Which of the following terms does this situation describe?

• oppression

• permission

• government

• democracy

The statements below describe a speaker’s form of government. • The Head of our government is a king. • Our king inherited his authority from his father. Under which form of government does this speaker live?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

The statements below describe a speaker’s form of government. • We elect legislators to make important government decisions for us. • If we don’t agree with the decisions they make, we can vote them out of office at the next election. Under which form of government does this speaker live?

• Direct democracy

• Absolute monarchy

• Constitutional republic

• Constitutional monarchy

Vatican City is the only country in the world with an elected absolute monarchy that is guided by the principles of a Christian religious school of thought. Sometimes called the Holy See, Vatican City’s government follows the laws and practices of the Catholic Church. The Pope is the supreme power in the country and leads the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Vatican government. While the country does have a president, that president’s rule can be overturned by the Pope. Which form of government best describes Vatican City?

• Constitutional republic

• Direct democracy

• Communist

• Theocracy

In Mexico, power is shared between the national government, 31 state governments, and Mexico City. Which type of government system does Mexico have?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederal

• Authoritarian

The passage below describes characteristics of the government of France. In France, the central government has created 13 regions, 96 departmental governments and thousands of communes to take care of local needs. However, the central government can change the organization of these local government or even abolish them at any time. Based on the passage, which system of government does France have?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederal

• Totalitarian