6th Grade Civics Review Quiz

Rule of law, consent of the governed, democracy, representative government, and limited government are all considered:

• Purposes of the Constitution

• Fundamental Political Principles

• Unalienable rights

• Natural rights

People who run the government must obey the laws, this is known as:

• Federalism

• Rule of law

• Limited government

• Representative government

We elect people to make our laws because we are:

• A direct democracy

• A limited government

• A democracy

• A representative democracy

Which document protects fundamental freedoms and also affirms individual worth and dignity of all people?

• The Constitution of the United States

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

Document that guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists:

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Served a model for the first ten Amendments to the Constitution:

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Listed grievances against King George III and established the idea of equal protection:

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

First form of our national government:

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Declared that people have freedom to worship as they choose (or not at all):

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document created a weak central government and major powers resided with individual states?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution of the U.S.

• Bill of Rights