1. What is the “Rule of Law”? a. The laws listed out
b. Follow rules or be punished
c. Leaders are exempt from certain laws
d. No one is above the law
2. What protects against unlawful imprisonment by granting the right to appear before a judge after arrest?
a. Due Process
b. Habeas Corpus
c. Rule of Law
d. Ipso facto laws
3. What form of democracy elects a small group to represent the overall will of the people?
a. Direct Democracy
b. Representative Democracy
c. Constitutional Democracy
d. Republic
4. What form of government has the citizens elect their president/executive power?
a. Parliamentary
b. Presidential
c. Congressional
d. Autocratic
5. What are authoritarian governments often referred to as?
a. Oligarchy
b. Democracy
c. Communism
d. Dictatorship
6. Which of the following best paraphrases this statement?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain Unalienable Rights, ..."
a. People are born with certain rights that no one can take from them
b. The king allows people to have rights
c. People only have rights is God give them to the people
d. People are born with certain rights that aliens do not have
7. What was the major problem with the Articles of Confederation?
a. Congress had too much power
b. Congress did not have much power
c. Power was balanced between the States and Congress
d. Counties had too much power
8. Representation in the Senate is based on …
a. Population
b. Physical size of a state
c. Number of enslaved population
d. Equal representation
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9. Representation in the House of Representatives is based on…
a. Population
b. Equal representation
c. Physical size of a state
d. Number of enslaved population
10. The Federalist papers were successful primarily because they
a. limited the power of the executive branch.
b. presented a way of solving the dilemma between the large and small states.
c. set up a clear way of separating the powers of the three branches of government
d. clearly explained the principles of American constitutional government.