4.5 Week Benchmark Review

The __________ was a document that began the idea of limited government

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Petition of Rights

Which document severely limited the king's power?

• Petition of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

What thoughts are in the middle section of the Declaration of Independence

• Grievances against the King

• Colonies wanting to break free of British rule

• Demand for due process under the law

• Legislative Branch description

Which government principle states that no one is above the law?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

• Rule of Law

• Judicial Review

Which principle means that governments can govern only with the consent of the governed?

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

The system that allows each branch of the federal government to restrain the other two branches

• limited government

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

Which is an example of the legislative branch's power?

• Veto a president's legislation

• print and coin money

• determine if laws are unconstitutional

• commands the Armed Forces

What is an example of the executive branch's power?

• appoint more judges

• impeach members of Congress

• create lower courts

• veto legislation

The right to keep and bear arms is an interpretation of which amendment

• 4th

• 7th

• 8th

• 2nd

Which is an important part of the 4th Amendment?

• Police must bring all suspected criminals to trial

• Police must work to keep the peace

• Police must not discriminate

• Police need a warrant to search for evidence