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People’s rights are guaranteed.
O
One person rules and has absolute power.
T
The legislature is divided into different branches.
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Judges decide the legality of laws passed by the legislature.
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Who were considered citizens in ancient Athens?

w
women
m
men
s
slaves
a
all Athenians
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In a confederal system of government, power is

A
given to the central government.
B
given to the president exclusively.
C
shared between the central and state governments.
D
distributed equally among the state governments.
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Which quotation from the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence supports the idea that the United States is based on a social contract?

A
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
B
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
C
“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.”
D
“[T]hey are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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Which best describes an important civic responsibility?

l
legislating
v
voting
t
taxing
t
teaching
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The Declaration of Independence is considered the first formal assertion by a people of their right to

r
revolution.
s
self-government.
l
liberty.
v
vote.
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What are the three branches of federal government set up by the Constitution?

l
legislative, executive, and judicial
c
congressional, executive, and legislative
l
legislative, executive, and provisional
c
constitutional, executive, and provisional
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Rome became a ________ at the end of the 6th Century BCE.

D
Democracy
R
Republic
D
Dictatorship
T
Theocracy
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A public welfare service that the US government provides is

f
firefighting.
h
health inspections.
l
law enforcement.
e
electricity.
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The US Constitution structures the government by creating a system that

d
divides power equally between the states.
o
organizes power on state and local levels.
o
organizes power on federal, state, and local levels.
d
divides power between executive and judicial branches.
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LegalNaturalDivine

A
Legal
B
Natural
C
Divine
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That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.

t
the freedom to bear arms
t
the right to pass taxes
t
the freedom of speech
t
the right to vote
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The concept of checks and balances ensures that

e
each branch of government does not have power over the others.
o
only one branch of government maintains power over the others.
e
each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the others.
n
no branch of government has a separate power from the others.
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Which statement about the Three-Fifths Compromise is accurate?

A
The Three-Fifths Compromise determined where the greatest enslaved populations were based on census data.
B
The Three-Fifths Compromise helped give more power to states that did not allow slavery.
C
The Three-Fifths Compromise was developed based on the results of the 1790 census.
D
The Three-Fifths Compromise increased the number of Representatives for the South.
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most

a
a democracy.
a
an autocracy.
a
a monarchy.
a
a theocracy.

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