Magna Carta Review

What is consent?

• permission

• clergy

• nobles

• democracy

Where a group decides if someone is innocent or guilty of a crime in court

• Trial by jury

• Habeus Corpus

• Parliament

• House of Lords

The highest law in a country that organizes and sets the rules for the government is a

• constitution

• monarch

• permission

• parliament

Rule by the People

• Democracy

• Constitution

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Parliament

Group of people that advise the king and make a country's laws

• Constitution

• Nobles

• Parliament

• Democracy

Where was King John when he signed Magna Carta?

• At a place called Runnymede

• In the dungeon of Winchester castle

• In the hut of a peasant woman who was baking cakes

• In the Enchanted Castle at Disneyland.

To what does the term Magna Carta refer?

• A letter to the Franks asking for help against rebels.

• A letter from the Pope to Charlemagne.

• A big wagon used for collecting taxes.

• Legal charter guaranteeing special rights to English barons.

Why should an American care to know what Magna Carta is?

• It is the basis of civil rights in America.

• It is the basis of the scientific method.

• It replaced our constitution as the law of the land.

• It was used by Columbus to find the American continent.

Magna Carta says that a punishment should be proportionate to the crime. This is like saying...

• no State shall abridge the freedoms of it citizens.

• accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy trial.

• the accused shall enjoy the right to know the charges.

• excessive bail, fines, fees shall not be imposed.

Which idea describes the purpose of Magna Carta of 1215?

• to increase the power of the monarchy

• to end taxation in England

• to force the monarchy to give up power

• to weaken the power of nobles