Civics Unit 1 Review

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What is the supreme law of the land?

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The constitution

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The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

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we the people

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What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

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bill of rights

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How many amendments does the Constitution have?

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27

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The Supreme Court is part of the Judicial Branch.

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True

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According to John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence, government power should be based on

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the consent of the people.

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The system that maintains the separation of powers among the branches of the federal government is called

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checks and balances.

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Which enlightenment thinker wrote about natural rights?

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Locke

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This Enlightenment Thinker believed in freedom of speech

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Voltaire

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Informal social gathering where Enlightenment thinkers exchanged ideas

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salon