Civics: Influences on Government

Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?

• English Bill of Rights
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

Which statement explains the significance of the House of Burgesses?

• the assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures
• colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor
• the assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia
• the king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful

What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• it provided the basis for a self-governing colony
• it established the first representative assembly in America
• it extended voting rights to non-church members
• It established the idea of due process

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

John Locke said that people are born with what?

• right to jury trial
• right to be a citizen
• natural rights
• freedom of speech

Democracy is a Greek word for

• rule of the leader
• rule of the people
• no government
• rule by a monarch

What is the relationship between government and the people called, according to Enlightenment ideas?

• Mayflower Compact
• Group contract
• Social contract
• Natural rights

Baron de Montesquieu is associated with what idea?

• separation of powers
• Legislative Branch
• natural rights
• social contract

Which of these in NOT an Enlightenment idea?

• social contract
• natural rights
• separation of powers
• absolute power

In a direct democracy, who votes on laws?

• all eligible citizens
• representatives
• the King
• nobles