Standards 1-3 Review

Who holds power in an oligarchy

• President

• Elected officials

• A few people

• King

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

• Universal Suffrage

• limited government

• religious toleration

• a laissez-faire economy

What role did the Great Compromise play in settling the differences about representation between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?

• Created a unicameral legislature based on proportional representation.

• Created a bicameral legislature with one house based on proportional representation and the other house based on equal representation.

• Created a bicameral legislature based on proportional representation.

• Created a unicameral legislature based on equal representation.

One of the main ideas to come from the Magna Carta was......

• That the king had to obey the same laws as the people

• The rulers were given their power by God

• That the English people had freedom of religion

• That the king was the only one to hold power

Enlightenment-era work by Thomas Hobbes in which he expresses his ideas on government.

• Leviathan

• English Bill of Rights

• Checks and Balances

• Social Contract

An agreement by which people give up some freddoms for an organized society

• Leviathan

• English Bill of Rights

• Checks and Balanaces

• Social Contract

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

• Trial by jury and no cruel punishments/

• Freedom of speech and press

• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

• Life, liberty, and property

The belief expressed inthe Declaration of Independence that "just powers are derived from the consent of the government" is best described as:

• Natural Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract Theory

• Individual Rights/Liberties

Integral to the ideal of self-government is the notion that ultimate government authority comes from

• laws

• rulers

• institutions

• people

A system of government in which the citizens come together to discuss & pass laws/select leaders is called…

• an autocracy

• a direct democracy

• a monarchy

• an oligarchy