Civics Midterm Review Part I

SS.7.C.1.1

According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law?

• trial by jury and no cruel punishments

• freedom of speech and of the press

• life, liberty and property

• freedom of worship and the right to petition

SS.7.C.1.1

What most attracted the Founding Fathers to Montesquieu's explanation of the separation of powers?

• Their separation could help prevent the central government from becoming tyrannical and oppressive.

• Their separation could protect the rights of the nobility from the actions of the king.

• Their separation could preserve the privileges of the monarch and nobles from popular attack.

• Their separation raised judicial power to a level of equality with

  legislative and executive power.

SS.7.C.1.1 & 1.2

Which of the following were most similar?

• the Mayflower Compact and John Locke's social contract theory

• the English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• Magna Carta and Montesquieu's separation of powers

• the Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu's separation of powers

SS.7.C.1.2

The diagram above indicates that the colonists based some of their political views on historic documents.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Natural law

• Separation of powers

• Divine Right of Kings

• Guarantee of certain individual rights

SS.7.C.1.2

The statements above are from the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights.

Which statement guarantees a right first granted by Magna Carta?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

SS.7.C.1.2

The statements above are from three of the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Which earlier document contained similar rights?

• Magna Carta (1215)

• The Mayflower Compact (1620)

• The English Bill of Rights (1689)

• Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws (1784)

SS.7.C.1.3

Which timeline shows English policies towards the American colonists in correct chronological order?

• Townshend Act - Quartering of troops - Stamp Act - Tea Act

• Quartering of troops - Townshend Act - Intolerable Acts - Tea Act

• Stamp Act - Quartering of troops - Tea Act - Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act - Townshend Act - Tea Act - Quartering of troops

SS.7.C.1.3

Use the diagram above to answer Questions 3 and 4.

What was the impact of the continued fighting between British troops and the Continental Army in Massachusetts and New York in 1775 and 1776?

• Point 1

• Point 2

• Point 3

• Point 4

SS.7.C.1.3

What was the impact of the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in 1765?

• Point 1

• Point 2

• Point 3

• Point 4

SS.7.C.1.4

Which colonial leader introduced the ideas of John Locke's "social contract" theory into the Declaration of Independence?

• John Hancock

• Thomas Paine

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson