Test: Foundations of US Government, Chapters 1 and 2



Unit 1 Review Guide

Foundations of US Government, Chapters 1 and 2

Judd/ Hastings

Identify the type of government that each of the following describes.

1. Existing structure is overthrown and replaced by a new group of leaders______________________

2. Government owns all businesses and controls the means of production______________________

3. Governments own many industries while allowing some economic choices______________________

4. Involves a king or queen and power is passed through a family line______________________

5. Leaders rule on behalf of a religious idea or set of ideas______________________

6. Leaders, elected by the people, remain in power so long as their party does______________________

7. Led by representatives elected by voters for a set period of time______________________

8. No government is evident______________________

9. Rule by an elite group of people, usually determined by wealth and privilege______________________

10. Ruled by a single party. Alternative parties are not allowed______________________

Identify the Primary Type of Government for Each of the Following Countries

1. Afghanistan

2. Cuba

3. France

4. India

5. Iran

6. Israel

7. Mexico

8. North Korea

9. Norway

10. Pakistan

11. Russia

Identify each of the following terms provide an example from your notes:

• Absolute Monarch

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Confederation

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

• Federalism

• Indirect Democracy

• Monarchy

• Public Policy

• Socialism

• State

Answer each of the following questions.

1. Describe the government established by the Articles of Confederation?

2. How do political parties help to insure democratic rule?

3. What basic concept of Government did the Magna Carta reflect?

4. What are public policies? Provide examples.

5. What are the characteristics of a sovereign state?

6. What are the defining characteristics of Democratic

7. What as the first government of the new United States of America?

8. What group supported the constitution and why?

9. What group was against the constitution and why?

10. What has to be considered the EARLIEST controls placed upon a king’s power?

11. What idea do modern democracies support?

12. What ideas are contained in the Declaration of Independence:

13. What is the role of the majority in a democracy?

14. What lead the successful completion of a new constitution during the summer of 1787?

15. What two states were critical to the approval of the Constitution and why?

16. What key events during the revolutionary period show the colonists willingness to mount an organized response to British policies?

17. What is the significance of the years between 1777-1787.

18. List two Federalist and Two Anti Federalist.

19. Why were the Federalist Papers written?

20. Explain each of the Following:

A. 3/5 Compromise

B. Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise

C. New Jersey Plan

D. Virginia Plan

Use the Chart below to anwer the questions that follow:

1. Which nations have a Government in which country they are subject to the ill of the people?

2. Which form of government do Botswana, Costa Rica and Syria have in common?

3. Which characteristic of Government do the United States and Botswana have in common

4. Which States are democratic?

What part of the Preamble do each of the following images demonstrate?

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