Civics & Economics Unit 1 Review

Civics & Economics Unit 1 Review

Open Ended

In your own words, describe what the "Social Contract" is.

Multiple Choice

Baron de Montesquieu believed that power in government should be separated between what branches of government?

• Legislative, Parliamentary, & Military

• Judicial, Local, & Executive

• Executive, Judicial, & Legislative

Multiple Choice

"House of Representatives proposes amendment to ban flag burning" Which principle of government would be affected by the proposed amendment?

• Individual Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

Multiple Choice

What document was the U.S.A.'s first government plan?

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

The Anti-Federalists believed in:

• A strong centralized government

• The new Constitution

• A Bill of Rights

• Limited State's Rights

Multiple Choice

The Federalists believed in:

• The creation of a Bill of Rights

• A severe increase in State's Rights

• A strong centralized government

• Staying with the Articles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

One of the many weakness of the Articles of Confederation was:

• The government had very little power

• The President was basically a King

• Congress was doing too much

• Federal government was too strong

Multiple Choice

What Enlightenment term refers to the agreement between the people and their government where freedom is exchanged for protection?

• The Social Contract

• Absolute Monarchy

• Representative Democracy

• The Unalienable Rights of Man

Multiple Choice

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the words "...unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness," which Enlightenment thinker was he quoting?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Cesare Becarria

Multiple Choice

Which of these was NOT a Colonial Issue that led to the American Revolution?

• The Colonies were being heavily taxed

• The Colonists were not being represented in Parliament

• The King had allowed the French to take large parts of Ohio

• The King had ignored the colonists pleas for help