The chart below compares two systems of government. Which statement completes the chart?

The national government creates and can abolish local governments

Which sentence completes the chart?

People enjoy a very high degree of economic freedom.

Which statement describes a free market system?

Producers are free to produce, consumers are free to buy goods and services

What is an important advantage of the United States constitutional republic over a totalitarian nation?

The US follows the rule of law, citizens do not live in fear of government.

Which conclusion can be drawn from this table?

Free market economies provide higher standards of living to their citizens

Which system of government is correctly paired with its description?

Federal - Power is shared by the central and local governments.

What is a characteristic of a society under the rule of law?

All citizens and officials are subject to the same rules.

What was a long-term result of adopting the system of government shown on the right column of the table?

The national government can protect its citizens with limited power.

The quotation below is from a speech by Cicero, an ancient Roman politician. Which statement would Cicero have agreed?

To enjoy our freedom, we rely on all citizens obeying the law

What is an advantage of the federal system over the unitary system of government?

In a federal system local authorities can resist an authoritarian rule.

How is the distribution of goods and services determined in a communist economic system?

government determines what should be produced and how to distribute

What did the Supreme Court mean by the “rule of law” in this passage?

Government leaders are subject to the same laws as everyone else.

Which statement identifies the main idea of this T-shirt?

Without the rule of law, we cannot know which rules to respect.

The diagram describes characteristics of the American constitutional republic.Which sentence completes the diagram?

US citizens have protections against an authoritarian government.

Which phrase completes this diagram?

The impact of the rule of law on government officials and institutions

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1
The chart below compares two systems of government. Which statement completes the chart?
The national government creates and can abolish local governments
A single individual holds supreme political power.
Local governments have the right to leave the nation at any time.
Legislative and executive powers are divided between two separate branches.
2
Which sentence completes the chart?
Workers often leave for other countries offering greater social benefits.
People enjoy a very high degree of economic freedom.
Standards of living are lower than they would be with more government help.
The government offers free health care and free college education.
3
Which statement describes a free market system?
Bartering system between producers and consumers- supervised by government
Producers are free to produce, consumers are free to buy goods and services
Government sets prices, allocate resources, determine what is produced.
The government owns basic industries/ other partsof the economy are private
4
What is an important advantage of the United States constitutional republic over a totalitarian nation?
The leaders of the US can respond quicker than totalitarian rulers can.
U.S. citizens can rely on government instructions to know how to act.
The US follows the rule of law, citizens do not live in fear of government.
The U.S. government limit the right of citizens to criticize its policies.
5
Based on this description, which type of economic system does Cuba have?
socialist
Communist
Capitialist
free market
6
Which system of government does Mexico have?
Confederal
Federal
Monarchical
unitary
7
Which conclusion can be drawn from this table?
Life expectancy is generally higher in socialist or mixed economies
Free market economies provide higher standards of living to their citizens
There is no relationship between GDP/per capita and literacy
Socialist economies provide better educational services than free market.
8
Which system of government is correctly paired with its description?
Federal - Power is shared by the central and local governments.
Unitary - Local governments can lawfully leave the nation at any time
Confederal The central government has the right to abolish local government
Theocratic The largest party in the legislature also controls the executive
9
What is a characteristic of a society under the rule of law?
Citizens are at liberty to act without any restraint.
The ruler can take whatever steps he or she feels are necessary
Officials are free to follow their own private judgment.
All citizens and officials are subject to the same rules.
10
What was a long-term result of adopting the system of government shown on the right column of the table?
The national government can protect its citizens with limited power.
State governments reserved more power than they gave to the national gov.
State governments and the national government exercised total power.
States lost all their powers to a unitary government.
11
The quotation below is from a speech by Cicero, an ancient Roman politician. Which statement would Cicero have agreed?
Only a majority of citizens have the right to make new laws.
To enjoy our freedom, we rely on all citizens obeying the law
Security is more important than personal liberty
Government leaders must not be limited by laws in an emergency
12
Which form of government is based on the rule of a few over everyone else?
autocracy
oligarchy
socialism
Direct Democracy
13
What is an advantage of the federal system over the unitary system of government?
In an emergency, a federal system responds faster than a unitary system.
In a federal system, local authorities can leave if it becomes
In a federal system local authorities can resist an authoritarian rule.
There is usually more uniformity of views in a federal system than unitary.
14
The passage below describes the country of Saudi Arabia. Which form of government does Saudi Arabia have?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
republic
15
How is the distribution of goods and services determined in a communist economic system?
by the free interaction of producers and consumers
government for basic industries/utilities, and supply/demand for goods
government determines what should be produced and how to distribute
private trading arrangements between groups supervised by government.
16
What did the Supreme Court mean by the “rule of law” in this passage?
Presidents should only be prosecuted after their term of office has ended
Government leaders must be able to change the laws when necessary.
The President shapes government policies and does not have to obey the law.
Government leaders are subject to the same laws as everyone else.
17
Which statement identifies the main idea of this T-shirt?
Without the rule of law, we cannot know which rules to respect.
Young people should be taught to respect the rule of law.
Not having any rules at all is better than having the rule of law.
Elected representatives can safely ignore the rule of law.
18
The diagram describes characteristics of the American constitutional republic.Which sentence completes the diagram?
US citizens are in danger of a totalitarian government
U.S. citizens have given too much power to their government leaders
U.S citizens have failed to give enough power to their government leaders.
US citizens have protections against an authoritarian government.
19
The statements below describe a speaker’s form of government. Under which form of government does this speaker live?
absolute monarchy
autocracy
Republic
direct democracy
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Which phrase completes this diagram?
The impact of the rule of law on government officials and institutions
The goals of government identified in the Preamble to the Constitution
The separation of powers among the three branches of government
The rights and responsibilities of American citizens

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