Civics Unit 1 Chapter 1 Test Study Guide Coach Lott

1. This ancient Greek scholar was one of the first students of government.

Aristotle / Karl Marx
John Locke / Adam Smith

2.This is NOT a feature of all the states in today's world.

population / territory
democracy / government

3.This is NOT a way the United States has extended its territory.

purchase / negotiation
divine right / war

4. A loose union of independent states is a

federal system. / confederacy.
constitutional government. / unitary system.

5. Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called

an autocracy. / a monarchy.
a democracy. / an oligarchy.

6. When the territory of both the nation and the state coincide, the country is a

republic. / nation-state.
polis. / sovereignty.

7. A plan that provides the rules for government is called a

constitution. / preamble.
consensus. / political party.

8. This principle is concerned with a government's power and the rights of the citizens.

constitutional law / capitalism
democracy / laissez-faire

9. Any system of government in which a small group holds power is called

a democracy. / a monarchy.
an oligarchy. / an autocracy.

10. The Republicans and Democrats have developed in this country as the major

capitalists. / proletariat.
types of government. / political parties.

11. This man provided a philosophy for capitalism.

John Locke / Adam Smith
Benjamin Franklin / Thomas Hobbes

12. The four essential features of a state, or nation, include government, population, territory, and

command economy. / sovereignty.
confederacy. / democracy.

13. Complete the graphic organizer defining the purposes of government.

maintain international peace / create national library
provide for economical goods / maintain social order

“We, the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence [defense], promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

14. The goals and purposes of the government are expressed in the passage, which is known as the

Preamble to the Constitution. / Bill of Rights.
Miranda warning. / Two Treatises of Government.

15. Complete the graphic organizer, identifying the form of government that is ruled by few.

totalitarian dictatorship / oligarchy
monarchy / direct democracy

16. Complete the graphic organizer, identifying the criteria for democracy.

favorable economy / secret ballot voting
rule by few / public transportation

17. Choose the answer that best completes the chart.

republic / constitutional monarchy
representative democracy / oligarchy

18. Complete the chart identifying the three goals of socialism.

distribution of wealth and economic opportunity equally among people
support of free market
government oversight of production
individual initiative

“ . . . [Americans] seem to have deposited the monarchial and taken up the republican government with as much ease as . . . [they] would throwing off an old and putting on a new suit of clothes.”

—Thomas Jefferson, 1776

19. According to Thomas Jefferson, the colonists easily adapted from a monarchy to a(n)

autocracy. / oligarchy.
democracy. / dictatorship.

20. Choose the sequence which matches the correct “origin of state” theory with its proper name.

A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1 / A=4, B=2, C=3, D=1
A=2, B=1, C=3, D=4 / A=1, B=2, C=4, D=3

Short Answer

Critical Thinking

21.Making Comparisons Contrast the social contract theory of government with the divine right theory. What type of government would result from each theory?

Essay

22. After the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman whether the U.S. Constitution established a republic or a monarchy. His response was “A republic, madam, if you can keep it.” Write a short essay in which you interpret Franklin’s response.