Front

Volunteerism involves giving _________________ to others without receiving payment.

Back

time and services

Front

Which of the following is an example of contributing to the common good? Options: advertising a physical therapy practice in the local newspaper, donating food to a food pantry for the poor, spending an afternoon working in your garden, writing a letter to a newspaper about a spelling mistake printed in a job ad

Back

donating food to a food pantry for the poor

Front

Which element of the Constitution reflects the influence of the French philosopher Baron de Montesquieu? Options: the amendment process, the Electoral College, the “necessary and proper” clause, the separation of powers

Back

the separation of powers

Front

Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu

Back

argued that the laws of nature also applied to human life and society

Front

The Mayflower Compact was a

Back

written plan for government.

Front

In his pamphlet, Common Sense, Thomas Paine

Back

made a case for independence by drawing on the ideas of John Locke.

Front

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

Back

the principle of limited government

Front

The colonists responded to the Stamp Act by

Back

boycotting British goods.

Front

What are natural rights?

Back

freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

Front

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

Back

to fix the Articles of Confederation