PLATO Government End Of Semester Civics EDUCATION PRACTICE EXAM REVIEW 2023/2024

PLATO Government End Of Semester Civics EDUCATION PRACTICE EXAM REVIEW 2023/2024 Origins of Government Which statement best explains why government is important? - CORRECT ANSWERGovernment exists to guide citizens' behavior and protect them from harm. Match each economic ideology with its correct example. - CORRECT ANSWER-a business is directed by the government to ensure a fairer society: Socialism a business exists only to serve the nation: Fascism a business is completely owned and controlled by the government: Communism a business exists mostly to benefit the individual owner: Capitalism Influences on the Development of the U.S. Government Which words in the passage from the Declaration of Independence show the influence of the Enlightenment idea of natural law? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed with their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its power in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. - CORRECT ANSWER-That all men are created equal. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Unaliable rights. What were two reasons why the Founders gave more power to the states rather than the federal government under the Articles of Confederation? - CORRECT ANSWERMost people felt more loyalty to their home states than the federal government. People did not trust a strong federal government after years of British rule