Civics 9 Weeks Exam Review part 1

The Magna Carta, the British Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence are documents that are based upon the idea that legitimate government comes from the people.

• separation of powers.

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• monarchy

How does this excerpt reflect the development of the idea of the rule of law?

We furthermore grant and give to all the freemen of our realm for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity the liberties written below to have and to hold to them and their heirs from us and our heirs in perpetuity.

—Magna Carta, 1215

• New laws protected the established government.

• The law existed to promote democracy.

• The law applied to the ruler as well as the people.

• New laws should be publicized.

Which ancient civilization most influenced the development of a democratic form of government in the United States?

• Greece

• India

• China

• Egypt

Which American document is the basis of all U.S. national law?

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

What document protects the freedoms of American citizens?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Missouri Compromise

Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence describes the source of government’s authority?

• “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

• “Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.”

• “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

• “These united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.”

“Life, liberty, and property” were considered by John Locke to be

• legal rights.

• natural rights.

• constitutional rights.

• divine rights.

Which political philosopher’s ideology most influenced Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Machiavelli

Based on the excerpt, which statement best supports these ideas in Federalist 51?

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. . . . [T]he great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

—James Madison, Federalist 51

• Government should keep citizens from having any control over it.

• Government should be designed to function with limited power.

• Government should set clear limits on citizens’ rights.

• Government should stay out of religious matters.

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

—Declaration of Independence, 1776

Which philosopher most influenced

• Adam Smith

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Locke John