PLATO Edmentum US
Government End of Semester
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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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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
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Government End of Semester
Test: 32/32 Correct! 2026 Expert
Verified | Ace the Test
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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
