Government Test 1, Ch. 4

Front 1

What is not an essential characteristic of democracy?

Back 1

Fraternity

Front 2

Originally, what was the only body at the national level that was elected by popular vote?

Back 2

House of Representatives

Front 3

Who came to rule England as the result of the Glorious Revolution?

Back 3

William and Mary

Front 4

What form of government is based on each citizen having an actual voice in the decision-making process?

Back 4

Direct Democracy

Front 5

What form of Government is based on majority rule through elected officials?

Back 5

Indirect democracy.

Front 6

What form of government is based on elected officials ruled by law?

Back 6

Republic

Front 7

what is not a necessary condition for a successful democratic system?

Back 7

Unanimous consent

Front 8

T/F: Democracy means "government by the people"

Back 8

True

Front 9

T/F: Magistrates called plebeians were elected in ancient Rome to protect the rights of individual citizens

Back 9

False

Front 10

T/F: Popular government completely disappeared from Europe during the Middle Ages

Back 10

False

Front 11

T/F: The magna Carta protected the nobility from abuses of the king's power.

Back 11

True

Front 12

T/F: The English Bill of Rights marks the beginning of a democratic government in England.

Back 12

True

Front 13

T/F: Our founding fathers were fearful that democracy would lead to tyranny.

Back 13

True

Front 14

T/F: The popular Majority and representative majority do not necessarily agree

Back 14

True

Front 15

T/F: Democracy is always successful in a well-educated society.

Back 15

False

Front 16

T/F: The president of the United States is elected by direct election of the citizens of America.

Back 16

False

Front 17

T/F: With Majority-plurality representation, the candidate who gets the highest percentage of votes wins the election even if he did not receive a majority of the votes cast.

Back 17

True

Front 18

T/F: Christians must always be willing to compromise for the sake of the Majority.

Back 18

False

Front 19

T/F: A large middle class is necessary for a democracy to flourish.

Back 19

True

Front 20

T/F: The church has a responsibility to help the disadvantaged and downtrodden

Back 20

True

Front 21

T/F: Education is a guarantor of successful democracy.

Back 21

False

Front 22

T/F: Moral responsibility helps the Christian discern whether a compromise is moral or immoral.

Back 22

True

Front 23

Where was democracy created?

Back 23

Athens

Front 24

Why did England have an advantage in developing popular government as compared to the other nations of Europe?

Back 24

England is separated from the plague of the wars. also, it was geographically far from the influences of Rome and Catholicism.

Front 25

What two major issues did the framers of the Constitution face?

Back 25

how to incorporate democratic ideas into the new American government; also how to make it work in a vast, new territory.

Front 26

what did the framers of the Constitution see as the source of man's tendency toward mob rule under direct democracy?

Back 26

Its inclination to do wrong

Front 27

What is the definition of popular Majority?

Back 27

The majority of all citizens, (all the citizens that actually vote)

Front 28

Why is the principle of Majority rule criticized?

Back 28

The opinions and rights of the minority can be repressed.

Front 29

How did the founding fathers go about establishing a national republic while preserving democratic ideals?

Back 29

the developed self-government by representation and instituted federalism.

Front 30

How does Moral responsibility strengthen democracy?

Back 30

Has a standard for judging actions, implies submission to authority.

Front 31

explain the five principles of democratic government.

Back 31

1. Majority rule. 2. Equality. 3.Liberty. 4. Necessity.
5. Individual worth.

Front 32

How does the constitution limit government?

Back 32

The three branches: Legislative, executive, and judicial; also the Bill of Rights.