Unit 3 Assessment

True or False: Even the president can get a speeding ticket for driving too fast in DC

• True

• False

Which fundamental principle lets the people directly elect officials to make decisions on our behalf?

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Representative Government

• Consent of the Governed

Which fundamental principle makes it so that the government can't force everyone to wear pink on Wednesdays?

• Democracy

• Consent of the Governed

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

How do the people give their "consent" to be governed?

• By signing a waiver

• By voting

• By phone or mail

Which fundamental principle is a type of government in which the people hold the power?

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Limited Government

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental principle?

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Life, Liberty, & Property

• Democracy

What other government body did the Founding Fathers base on the Virginia House of Burgesses?

• The Presidency

• Congress

• The Supreme Court

Which document guaranteed colonists the same rights as Englishmen?

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which document did Thomas Jefferson base the list of complaints to King George III in the Declaration of Independence on?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Massachusetts Constitution

• The Magna Carta

Which of these documents provided a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Virginia Statute for Religious Beliefs

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Constitution