Congress

Pre-Final

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

MAIN IDEAS

____ 1. Among the broad purposes of the United States government spelled out in the Preamble to the Constitution is the obligation to
|a.   |keep the executive and legislative branches of government separate.                                                     |
|b.   |create an autocratic form of government.                                                                                 |
|c.   |defend the country against Americans who oppose its policies.                                                           |
|d.   |provide for justice and the people's general welfare.                                                                   |

____ 2. Locke, Harrington, Hobbes, and Rousseau would most likely agree that
|a.   |the state developed out of force.                                                                                       |
|b.   |those of royal birth should rule the state.                                                                             |
|c.   |the state exists to serve the will of the people.                                                                       |
|d.   |government should be eliminated.                                                                                         |

____ 3. The theory underlying modern democracies was developed to challenge the idea that
|a.   |those of royal birth have absolute authority to rule.                                                                   |
|b.   |the people as a whole are the sole source of political power.                                                           |
|c.   |the head of a family, clan, or tribe has the natural right to govern.                                                   |
|d.   |the strongest person or group has the right to control others by force.                                                 |...