Pre Test 2020-2021

In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• universal suffrage.

• a limited monarchy.

• religious toleration

• a laissez-faire economy.

Both John Locke and Thomas Jefferson wrote about the natural rights of man. In what document are these "unalienable rights" specifically mentioned?

• the Bill of Rights

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence

Montesquieu is credited with devising the basic Constitutional principle of

• natural rights

• popular sovereignty

• separation and balance of governmental power

• government was created by man for his own purposes

· Leader of Roundheads in English Civil War

· signed execution warrant for the king

· founder of the republic in England

· “Lord Protector of England”

All of these describe

• Charles I

• Henry VIII

• Oliver Cromwell

• William of Orange

Copernicus' heliocentric view of the universe was different from popular scientific views of the 16th century because

• most people thought there was no outside universe.

• humans were thought to be at the mercy of the gods.

• the moon was thought to be the center of the universe, rather the sun.

• the earth was thought to be the center of the universe, rather than the sun.

The document signed as a result of the Glorious Revolution is the

• Declaration of Independence.

• English Bill of Rights.

• Petition of Rights.

• Magna Carta.

Enlightenment thinkers of the 17th Century believed in applying reason to the natural world, while also supporting the ideas of democracy and

• world peace.

• abolitionism.

• religious tolerance.

• military expansionism.

Baron Montesquieu (1689-1755) argued that corruption in government begins when the people attempt to govern directly and try “to debate for the senate, to execute for the magistrate, and to decide for the judges.”

What governmental principle of the United States is based on Montesquieu's concerns?

• Federalism

• republicanism

• Freedom of Speech

• separation of powers

Which of these is the BEST example of "limited government" in our national government?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Federalists Papers

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Declaration of Independence

Which of these is the BEST example of "unlimited government"?

• republics

• democracies

• authoritarian government

• constitutional monarchies