Early Influences on Democracy

Which of the following are the two types of Democracy?

• Representative

• Authoritative

• Direct

• Socialist

Which of the following did the MOST for the rights of England's lower classes?

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?

• English Bill of Rights
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

A 'social contract' is an agreement between a government and its

• Leaders

• three branches of government

• citizens

• immigrant population

John Locke inspired the writing of this important document by Thomas Jefferson.

• Magna Carta

• US Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

The Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea of government

• bicameral legislature

• three branches of government

• unicamiral legislature

• the invisible hand

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

The US government gets its powers from

• the people of the US

• the founding fathers

• the Enlightenment thinkers

• the Constitution

The term democracy means
“rule by __________ .”

• the mob
• the monarch
• the president
• the people