Daily review 2

What was the Magna Carta?

• limited the power of the monarchy and allowed a trial by jury

• strengthened the power of the monarchy

• form of self-government

• 1st representative assembly in the colonies

What was Americas first national constitution?

• Articles of confederation

• Mayflower compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Federalist papers

Wrote Common Sense. Stating it's dumb to be governed by a small island across vast ocean.

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Edison

• Thomas Kinkaid

An Enlightenment writer; citizens have right to overthrow, government should protect.

• John Locke

• William Blackstone

• Samuel Adams

• King George III

Which principle of American democracy is traced to the English Bill of Rights?

• Government should protect individual liberties of citizens.

• Government should divide power among several branches.

• Government should have a single person as a chief executive.

• Government should have a representative body of the people.

In 1689, the King and Queen of England granted some basic rights to English citizens, such as a trial by jury and no cruel and unusual punishments.

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights

Thomas Hobbes wrote that without government the life of man would be

• "nasty, brutish and short"

• morally bankrupt and politically corrupt

• "fair, dignified and long"

• one of complete freedom and happiness

The Constitution of the US is an example of

• natural rights

• statutes

• social contract

• sovereign rights

In a market economy, who decides on the prices of goods and services?

• government
• buyers and sellers
• firms
• local leaders

What are the traits of a market economy?

• Has elements of two economic types
• Private ownership, free trade, competition, most used
• Government makes all economic decisions, communist countries
• Make own goods, grow own food, barter, least used