Principles and the Preamble

Question 1

How can an economic crisis cause citizens to accept a totalitarian government?

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A: Jobless citizens become desperate for someone who promises to solve their problems.

Question 2

Which statement best characterizes a dictatorship?

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B: The leader maintains power through force.

Question 3

In a parliamentary system of representative democracy, the prime minister

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i: is the leader of the party that won the most seats in parliament.

Question 4

Under what circumstances did John Locke think it would be acceptable for the people to overthrow the government?

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I: If the government violated the social contract, the people could overthrow the government.

Question 5

How does the government of a republic typically shape its economy?

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A: The government allows citizens to own private businesses.

Question 6

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 demonstrated that Parliament had

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C: power over the English monarchy.

Question 7

The citizens of the United States live and work in a

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m: mixed market economy.

Question 8

What did the philosophers of the Enlightenment seek to understand?

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B: the natural rights governing human behavior and society

Question 9

In the United States, who elects the legislature?

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C: citizens

Question 10

The Declaration of Independence intended to end British rule in the colonies, and grant citizens

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B: the right to self-govern

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