CIVICS UNIT ONE EXAM STUDY GUIDE Name: Hour: 1. This type of colony was owned by a group who elected their government? 2. The classification of who can govern is divided into these two categories: 3. The Magna Carta contains these two major rights: 4. The classification of where power lies geographically is divided into these three categories: 5. The leader of Imperial Rome was
6. The democratic concept of equality means that every person is entitled to these two things: 7. The Greek words Demo and Cracy translate into what in English? 8. The definition of a citizen is 9. The only satisfactory device known to democracies to determine public policy is: 10. Republican Rome was led by this group of people 11. The classification of the relationship between the law making and law enforcing aspects is divided into these two categories
12. Magna Carta is Latin for: 13. Democracies can be classified as: 14. This type of colony was owned by, and had a government appointed by the King: 15. A State requires these three things to exist: 16. This type of colony was owned by an individual given a grant by the King, with an executive appointed by the owner, and a legislature elected by the people 17. This theory states that God, or a god, created the state, and gave a singular person or a group of people the authority to govern all others:
18. Democratic government must work constantly to strike the proper balance between these two concepts: 19. Does government play a role in the American economy? 20. What rights did the Glorious Revolution guarantee: 21. Does capitalism rely on the free market to decide what items will be produced, and how much any item is to sell for? 22. What is the theory developed by John Locke that states that power emanates from the people who give up some of their rights and freedoms to a government in exchange for protection?
23. What rights did the Petition of Rights, signed by King Charles, I, as a result of his loss in the English Civil War, contain? 24. What characterizes the free enterprise system? 25. What was Plato s main concern about government in The Republic? 26. What are the two types of dictatorships? 27. What theory states that government began as the result of one person, or a group of persons, imposing their will over others through might?
28. What theory states that government evolved from the head of the family into a sort of chieftain or tribe, then into monarchy? 29. When consumers demand a product or service in the free market, sellers will set a, and when there is little demand for a product or service in the free market, sellers will set a. 30. What basic concept of American democracy is of overriding importance? 31. List the five common problems all democracies throughout history and into the present have faced:
Essay Questions On the exam, select one question from each group to answer, and one additional question from either group. You must answer three of these questions. GROUP ONE 1. Throughout the history of democracy, the issue of who can participate in government has been an ever present question that still vexes us to this day. Discuss different governmental systems throughout history, identifying them, who could participate within them, and the pros and cons of that particular level of participation. 2. In the history of democracy the executive has had varying levels of power, discuss the varying levels of power of the executive in various governments throughout history, identifying these governments, and the pros and cons of too little or too much power for this office. 3. Discuss how the American colonies began to develop their own unique character separate from their cousins in England. GROUP TWO 4. Discuss the importance of the Great Reformation and the Enlightenment on the development of political history 5. According to Plato, what was the basis on which people came together into the state, and what does this say about what a just government should consider? 6. According to Locke, what is the only civil government, and why?