Ch. 4 Test Review Game

John Locke and Montesquieu influenced our government today by giving us the ideas for

• natural rights and separation of powers

• limited government and direct democracy

• republicanism and separation of powers

• freedom of religion and popular sovereignty

the idea that people agree to be governed in exchange for protection of rights is known as

• natural rights

• separation of powers

• the social contract

• due process

Which of the following is an Enlightenment belief about government?

• the purpose of government is to protect people's basic rights

• governments are created to limit people's basic rights

• a government must have unlimited power to ensure safety and security

• a ruler's power comes from his divine right to rule

Which part of the Declaration of Independence reflects John Locke's belief in natural rights?

• "men are created equal with unalienable rights that are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

• "whenever any form of government becomes destructive it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it"

• "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"

• "we absolve all allegiance from the British crown and are now free and independent states"

Which event is missing?

>Tea Act is passed

> Boston Tea Party is staged in protest

>?

>First Continental Congress sends a letter to the King

• Coercive/Intolerable Acts are passed to punish the colonists

• the Declaration of Independence is adopted

• the Stamp Act is passed

• the colonists win the American Revolution

What evidence proves that the Ancient Romans used a Republic as their form of government?

• the Romans met to vote directly on various issues

• the Romans were led by a King that ruled with unlimited power

• the Romans elected leaders to govern on their behalf

• the Romans were led by a group with unlimited power

Which of the following would have likely prevented the colonists from protesting British taxes?

• allowing the colonists to have representatives in Parliament

• allowing the colonists to choose a new king to rule over them

• taxing the colonists at a higher rate

• increasing the amount of British soldiers in the colonies

What was the effect of the Magna Carta?

• It increased the power of the English monarch

• It limited the power of the English monarch

• It limited the rights of the English nobility

• It gave rights and freedoms to all of the people in England

According to John Locke, all people are born with

• freedom of religion, speech and press

• rights to life, liberty, and property

• the need to be controlled by governments with unlimited power

• the right to a trial by jury and freedom from cruel punishments

How did the colonists effectively protest the Stamp Act?

• they dumped British goods into the Boston Harbor

• they burned London to the ground

• they removed the King from power

• they boycotted British goods