US Gov Influences & Documents
Enlightenment Thinkers
Founding Ideals
Structure of the U.S. Constitution
Super Random Questions (Like Really Random)
100
1215 document signed by King John that limited monarch power and defined noble rights.
Magna Carta
100
Two core ideas early thinkers used to make society and government better.
science and reason
100
Ideal that all people are valued equally and treated the same way (though limited in 1776)
Equality
100
What is the opening section of the Constitution beginning with "We the People" that sets government goals called?
*Note: its not "The Intro"
The Preamble
100
Sports: What 2 teams played in the FIFA World Cup Final?
Spain v. Argentina
200
Ancient civilizations giving us direct democracy and republican representative government.
Athens or Rome
200
English philosopher who argued citizens can overthrow a government that fails to protect natural rights.
John Locke
200
Term for basic human rights so essential that no government can take them away.
Unalienable Rights
200
Amendment guaranteeing speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms.
First Amendment
200
Chemistry: Whatis the chemical symbol for water?
H2O
300
1628 law prohibiting random arrests and quartering troops in private homes.
*Note: This is not the same as 4th Amendment!
Petition of Right
300
French thinker who proposed dividing government into 3 branches (separation of powers).
Baron de Montesquieu
300
Ideal that is defined as political and civil freedoms
Liberty
300
First ten amendments outlining individual rights and protections, ratified in 1791.
Bill of Rights
300
Astronomy: How many planets in our solar system have rings?
Four planets in our solar system have rings: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
400
1689 document establishing Parliament's power over the king and guaranteeing jury trials.
English Bill of Rights
400
Philosopher who argued government legitimacy comes from popular sovereignty (will of the people).
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
400
Ideal represented by "the pursuit of Happiness"—the chance to pursue hopes and dreams.
Opportunity
400
Article in the Constitution establishing Congress as the legislative (lawmaking) branch.
Article I
400
Solve the Riddle: What has 4 wheels and flies?
500
Principle stating government is based on fair laws and no one—even a king—is above the law.
Rule of Law
500
Author of Leviathan who described life in a "state of nature" as solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Thomas Hobbes
500
System of government where ruling power derives from the consent of the governed.
Democracy
500
Article VI rule stating national/federal law overrides state and local laws.
Supremacy Clause
500
Which land only animal has the strongest recorded bite force in history?
*So strong it could bite through a car