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US Government Quiz #1: Systems of Government, Structures of US Government
1. Matching: Match the term to its definition – there will be extra terms left over!
Form of government in which the people rule
a system of government in which power is in
the hands of one person who has total
control, i.e. Hitler in Nazi Germany
A form of government with a king or queen at
its head in which leadership is passed down
through heredity
In the United States, this branch of
government is also called Congress, is made
up of the Senate and House of
Representatives, and is responsible for
making laws
An imagined place, a thought experiment that
political thinkers used to debate, which
existed before laws and governments were
formed
Word Bank:
Legislative Branch, Dictatorship, Oligarchy, State of Nature, Constitution, Democracy, Monarchy, Executive Branch
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____ Branch of the US government is headed by the President and is responsible for enforcing, or executing the law:
Presidential Branch
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Government Branch
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___ This is another name for a plan that provides the rules of government:
Constitution
Ten Comandments
Rule Book
Declaration
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___ Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes a Constitution serves?
It sets out ideals that the people bound by the constitution believe in and share
It establishes the basic structure of government and defines the government’s powers and duties
It provides the supreme law for the country
It determines line of succession in a monarchy - who will be the next king/queen
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___ governments control all aspects of citizens’ economic, political, and social lives
Communist
Authoritarian
Democratic
Anarchic
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____ is NOT a key principle of democracy
The Rule of Law
Individual/human rights
Free, fair, and regular elections
The right of the rich to dominate and have more rights than the poor
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_________ is a system of government in which a small group, usually wealthy elites, holds power, typically in an authoritarian way
Word Bank: Oligarchy, Dictatorship, Presidential System, Parliamentary System, Anarcho-syndicalist commune, Proto-fascist Super Nationalist
State
8.
__________ The branch of the US Government, headed by the Supreme Court, responsible for interpreting the law
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Word Bank: Executive Branch, Declaration of Independence, Judicial Branch Super Bowl XXXIX MVP Deoin Branch, Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), The Interpreters