PLATO EDMENTUM US GOVERNMENT
END OF SEMESTER TEST: WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS { GUARANTEED
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What is the primary purpose of most constitutions?
A. to define a moral code for people to follow
B. to provide a substitute for government
C. to prevent a strong central government
D. to define and limit government power
E. to give the government absolute power - ✔✔D. to define and limit
government power
Under which type of government would state or provincial governments
have the most sovereignty?
,A. parliamentary
B. confederal
C. federal
D. totalitarian
E. dictatorship - ✔✔B. confederal
Imagine you are preparing a speech on social contract theory for your
government class. As part of your speech, you need to focus on the idea
that people have the authority to overthrow a government that has become
tyrannical. Which Enlightenment text would be good source material?
A. Hobbes's Leviathan
B. Locke's Second Treatise of Government
C. Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws
D. Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
E. Machiavelli's The Prince - ✔✔B. Locke's Second Treatise of
Government
What is considered an important Roman contribution to American
government?
, A. the idea of representative government in which people elect officials to
speak for them
B. the idea of a legislature that has more power than any other branch of
government
C. the idea that everyone is judged under the same interpretation of the law
D. the idea that governments are only legitimate if they rule with the
consent of their people
E. the idea that people naturally give up some rights to a government for
the sake of maintaining order in society - ✔✔A. the idea of representative
government in which people elect officials to speak for them
According to the Declaration of Independence, when do the people have
the right to overthrow their government?
A. when the government taxes the people too much
B. when the people as a whole do not agree with the policies of the
government
C. when they are ruled by a king
D. when the government fails to protect the fundamental rights of the
people
END OF SEMESTER TEST: WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS { GUARANTEED
A+}
What is the primary purpose of most constitutions?
A. to define a moral code for people to follow
B. to provide a substitute for government
C. to prevent a strong central government
D. to define and limit government power
E. to give the government absolute power - ✔✔D. to define and limit
government power
Under which type of government would state or provincial governments
have the most sovereignty?
,A. parliamentary
B. confederal
C. federal
D. totalitarian
E. dictatorship - ✔✔B. confederal
Imagine you are preparing a speech on social contract theory for your
government class. As part of your speech, you need to focus on the idea
that people have the authority to overthrow a government that has become
tyrannical. Which Enlightenment text would be good source material?
A. Hobbes's Leviathan
B. Locke's Second Treatise of Government
C. Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws
D. Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
E. Machiavelli's The Prince - ✔✔B. Locke's Second Treatise of
Government
What is considered an important Roman contribution to American
government?
, A. the idea of representative government in which people elect officials to
speak for them
B. the idea of a legislature that has more power than any other branch of
government
C. the idea that everyone is judged under the same interpretation of the law
D. the idea that governments are only legitimate if they rule with the
consent of their people
E. the idea that people naturally give up some rights to a government for
the sake of maintaining order in society - ✔✔A. the idea of representative
government in which people elect officials to speak for them
According to the Declaration of Independence, when do the people have
the right to overthrow their government?
A. when the government taxes the people too much
B. when the people as a whole do not agree with the policies of the
government
C. when they are ruled by a king
D. when the government fails to protect the fundamental rights of the
people
