Magna Carta

Why did nobles make King John sign the Magna Carta?

• a. They wanted to give the king unlimited power.

• b. They wanted to separate the church and state.

• c. They wanted to replace him with a different ruler.

• d. They wanted to limit the king's power and give some back to the nobles.

1. What style of government existed in England prior to the Magna Carta?

• a. direct democracy

• b. theocracy

• c. absolute monarchy

• d. constitutional monarchy

1. Which English king did the nobles force to sign the Magna Carta?

• a. King John

• b. King Henry VIII

• c. Charlemagne

• d. William the Conqueror

1. To whom did the Magna Carta originally give rights?

• a. lords

• b. kings

• c. daimyo

• d. peasants

1. What was the first democratic, legislative body in modern Europe?

• a. Rome's representative democracy

• b. Greece's direct democracy

• c. France's feudal system

• d. England's Parliament

1. All of the the following are rights protected in the Magna Carta except which one?

• a. the right to trial by jury

• b. the right to representative government

• c. the right to rule of law

• d. the right to a free education

1. Which principle of the Magna Carta is included in our U.S. government?

• a. Sharia law

• b. Natural law

• c. absolute law

• d. representative assemblies

1. What document is considered one of history's most important democratic documents?

• a. Magna Carta

• b. Reconquista

• c. Book of Kells

• d. Spanish Inquisition

1. By weakening the power of the king, the Magna Carta led to the end of which of the following?

• a. feudalism

• b. parliament

• c. religious orders

• d. Hundred Years War