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Question

1. In what way was the government of ancient Athens different from that of the United States? (1 point)
Athens was a direct democracy in which citizens voted on laws themselves.
Athens was an oligarchy ruled by the wealthy members of the Council of Five Hundred.
Athens was a republic in which the people voted for their representatives.
Athens was an autocracy ruled by a dictator who had absolute power.
2. What principle of government presented by the U.S. Constitution is Montesquieu describing? Use this quote by the French Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu to answer the question.
In every government there are three sorts of power; the legislative; the executive, in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive, in regard to things that depend on the civil law.
(1 point)
federalism
republicanism
separation of power
sovereignty
3. If you know that a nation uses a parliamentary system of government, but have no other information, what do you know for certain about the structure of that government? (1 point)
who is allowed to participate in the governing process
the geographic distribution of power in the state
the relationship between the executive and legislative branches
that its laws must be collected in a written constitution
4. Which of the following demonstrates how the American government provides for the common defense of the nation? Use the Preamble to the Constitution to answer the question.
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, 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.
(1 point)
creating state militias
maintaining national armed forces
supporting local police departments
establishing laws
5. According to the textbook, “Thomas Jefferson called the [Declaration of Independence] ‘pure Locke,’” referring to the English philosopher John Locke.

Which of the following ideas shows Locke’s influence on the Declaration of Independence? (1 point)
The king of England has a divine right to rule the colonists, so only God can remove his authority.
By violating the social contract with the colonists, the king has lost his authority to rule.
Without a king, the colonists will be able to return to a state of nature in which all men are free.
The king rules by right of force, so it is just for the colonists to overthrow the king using force.
6. Which of the following best paraphrases this statement? Read the excerpt and answer the question.
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, . . .
–The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America
(1 point)
People must show allegiance to their king and country throughout their lives.
People need to help others understand their basic rights as citizens.
People owe their allegiance first to God, then to the monarch.
People are born with certain rights that no one can take from them.
7. The Intolerable Acts led most directly to which event? (1 point)
Stamp Act Congress
Constitutional Convention
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
8. The Framers included the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution for the purpose of (1 point)
giving the federal government complete authority over all actions of state governments.
making the individual state governments more powerful than the federal government.
helping to settle disputes between different levels of government in the federal system.
making the Supreme Court the most powerful branch of the federal government.
9. Which of the following powers is a concurrent power shared by both the federal government and the state governments? (1 point)
making treaties or forming alliances with foreign governments
regulating public utilities such as gas or electric power
levying and collecting taxes from businesses and citizens
collecting duties or tariffs on imported goods
10. The Necessary and Proper Clause, shown below, is used to justify what category of government powers in the federal system?
[Congress has the power] to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
–Article I, Section 8
(1 point)
the powers reserved to the states
the implied powers of the federal government
the inherent powers of the federal government
the exclusive powers of the federal government and the states

ANSWERS:
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C
C
B
B
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C
C
C
B