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100
The idea that there should be an agreement between the people and the government or king that rules them is called a: (A) Social Contract (B) Popular Sovereignty (C) Absolute Monarchy (D) Separation of Powers
What is (A) Social Contract?
100
Which of the following best describes America's separation of powers: (A) life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (B) judicial, executive, and legislative (C) church, king and the people
What is (B) judicial, executive and legislative?
100
This historical figure wrote a book called Common Sense that outlined, in very easy terms the reasons why the colonists should split from England: (A) Thomas Paine (B) John Locke (C) Baron de Montesquieu (D) All of the Above
What is (A) Thomas Paine?
100
(Magna Carta)-"First, that we have granted to god, and by this present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs in perpetuity , that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired." Which sentence best describes the passage? (A) We feel that we have human rights given to us by God that cannot be taken away. Our church and our people need their rights protected. (B) Please give us equal rights. When we are in church we feel that we are not treated fairly by those in charge. (C) We feel the church is not treating the king fairly. He is in charge and his authority is not being respected. (D) The church is a place where we escape the boring or difficult moments in our lives. We feel that it is a place that is very important to us.
What is (A) We feel that we have specific human rights given to us by God that cannot be taken away. Our church and out people need their rights protected?
100
This historical figure came up with the ideas of separation of power and checks and balances: (A) Thomas Paine (B) John Locke (C) Baron de Montesquieu (D) Thomas Jefferson
What is (C) Baron de Montesquieu?
200
These are ________ that you are born with. No one can take them away from you-"Life, Liberty and Property": (A) Checks and Balances (B) Unitary (C) Natural Rights (D) Tyranny
What is (C) Natural Rights?
200
This is the name for the limits set on all branches of the government designed to prevent any single branch from having too much power: (A) Parliament (B) Magna Carta (C) Due Process (D) Checks and Balances
What is (D) Checks and Balances?
200
This document was the first of its kind because it showed the King was bound by the law to protect his subjects and it limited his power was ______. (A) English Bill of Rights (B) Magna Carta (C) Declaration of Independence (D) Common Sense
What is (B) Magna Carta?
200
(Mayflower Compact) "Having undertaken, for you glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith, and the honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia..." Why did the settlers who wrote the Mayflower Compact go to the New World? (A) To spread the Christian faith (B) Because the farming wasn't very good in England (C) To establish a colony in Virginia (D) Both A and C
What is (D) Both A and C?
200
This historical figure came up with the idea of natural rights, which included the right to pursue life, liberty and property: (A) Thomas Paine (B) John Locke (C) Baron de Montesquieu (D) Dwight Howard
What is (B) John Locke?
300
(Declaration of Independence) "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" What most influenced this portion of the Declaration of Independence? (A) John Locke's social contract (B) John Locke's natural rights (C) John Locke's state of nature
What is (B) John Locke's natural rights?
300
(1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights) 1- That is all capital or criminal prosecutions a man hath a right to demand evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury... 2- That the legislative, executive, and judiciary department shall be separate and distinct... 3- That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be retrained... 4- That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to arms, in the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state... Which statement reflects the Enlightenment ideas of government as expressed by Baron de Montesquieu? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
What is (B) 2?
300
This document inspired the American Constitution's Bill of Rights and protected freedom of speech, no taxation by monarchy and no cruel punishment. (A) Declaration of Independence (B) Magna Carta (C) English Bill of Rights (D) Common Sense
What is (C) English Bill of Rights?
300
(English Bill of Rights) "And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties, and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example; to which demand of their rights they are particularly encouraged by the declaration of his Highness..." This passage is saying what? (A) We are being treated fairly and we are happy with you (B) We feel that the colonists are acting up and need to be put in their place (C) We have rights, they are being violated and we demand you fix this problem (D) The king feels his colonists are asking for too much
What is (C) We have rights, they are being violated and we demand you fix this problem?
300
Most likely Thomas Paine was arguing that it was "Common Sense" for: (A) Americans to become free from England (B) Americans to form a constitutional monarchy (C) England to give more freedoms to America (D) England to get rid of its own king
What is (A) Americans to become free from England?
400
(Newspaper Headline) "Approval rating for president reaches record high!" What Enlightenment idea is represented by the headline? (A) separation of powers (B) checks and balances (C) social contract (D) natural law
What is (C) Social Contract?
400
“For we can not abuse power, must, by the arrangement of things, power checks power.” The above quote discusses which of Montesquieu's ideas? (A) Natural Rights (B) Natural Law (C) Social Contract (D) Separation of Powers
What is (D) Separation of Powers?
400
This document was created on a boat in the 1620s. It helped design a government for a new land in what would later be called Plymouth in New England. (A) Magna Carta (B) English Bill of Rights (C) Common Sense (D) Mayflower Compact
What is (D) Mayflower Compact?
400
(Common Sense) "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamities is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer!" What are Thomas Paine's feelings on government? (A) His government is doing a great job and should keep it up (B) Government is a necessary evil but can be abused to hurt the people (C) Government is a great way to make sure everyone is doing what they are supposed to (D) He likes government but wants to make a few minor adjustments to fix a few problems
What is (B) Government is a necessary evil but can be abused to hurt the people?
400
The time period where many of the ideas of freedom and liberty were born was called what? (A) Relightenment (B) Enlightenment (C) Renaissance (D) Medieval
What is (B) Enlightenment?
500
What is Natural law? (A) A higher, unchanging set of rules that govern human relations (B) Laws that naturally exist in the world (C) Laws that everyone are born to follow (D) Rules that are ever changing in regards to human relationships
What is (A) a higher, unchanging set of rules that govern human relations?
500
The Founding Fathers didn't want to see something resembling a monarchy develop in America so they included which of Montesquieu's ideas in the Constitution? (A) Separation of Powers (B) Social Contract (C) Rule of Law (D) Natural Rights
What is (A) Separation of Powers?
500
The people who signed the Mayflower Compact were known as what? (A) Monarchs (B) Pilgrims (C) Pleasants (D) Funny Gat Fellas
What is (B) Pilgrims?
500
"A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." How does this quote reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Founding Fathers? (A) They had reservations about self-government. (B) They were concerned with property rights. (C) They supported natural rights. (D) They created a limited monarchy.
What is (C) They supported natural rights?
500
The term "founding fathers" refers to the Americans that: (A) Wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights (B) Were the first leaders of America (C) Wrote the Declaration of Independence (D) All of the Above
What is (D) All of the Above?