Civics SS7.C.1.2

What year was the Magna Carta signed?

• 1915
• 2015
• 1215
• 1715

The king of what country was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

• Spain
• England
• France

Which American document was most influenced by the Magna Carta?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The US Constitution
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Sharon Statement

After the signing of the Magna Carta, the king's power was:

• Absolute
• Limited
• Nonexistent
• Arbitrary

Which document did the following things:
1. Stated that the king could not suspend Parliament's laws, impose taxes, or raise an army without Parliament’s consent.
2. Members of Parliament had to be freely elected.
3. Right to a fair trial by jury in court cases.
4. Banned cruel and unusual punishments.

• The Declaration of Independence
• The American Bill of Rights
• The English Bill of Rights
  The English Bill of Rights
• The Mayflower Compact

Which document was inspired by the English the Bill of Rights?

• The Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Kentucky Resolution

Who wrote Common Sense?

• English nobles
• English Parliament
• Pilgrims/Puritans
• Thomas Paine

Which of the "Big Ideas" was best represented in the Mayflower Compact?

• due process
• self government
• limited government
• rights

Which document was written by anonymous authors?

• Cato's Letters
• Common Sense
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta

Devised the idea of separation of Powers. 

• Magna Carta 
• John Locke
• Montesquieu 
• Rome