American Government Influences

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Which document limited the power of the King of England? Options: English Bill of Rights, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact

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Magna Carta

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Which of the following rights that Americans enjoy today was established in the Magna Carta? (freedom of speech, trial by jury, freedom of religion, freedom of the press)

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trial by jury

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Which of the following provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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English Bill of Rights

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The first document in England to take power from the King and give it to a representative body.

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Magna Carta

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In a direct democracy, people vote on issues themselves, rather than electing representatives to decide for them.

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True

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The Magna Carta had little effect on the monarchs that ruled after King John. True or False?

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False

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In Thomas Hobbes’s idea of a social contract, people agree to give up all freedoms in exchange for the order provided by government rule.

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True

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In a representative democracy, what do people do?

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people choose leaders to govern for them.

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The Magna Carta is important for establishing which of the following?
an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth, the principle of limited government, the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment, the Virginia Company

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the principle of limited government

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Which did Rome have that Greece did not? Options: Small Territory, Direct Democracy, Representative Democracy, Monarchy

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Representative Democracy