Civics PMA 1 Review

When a government is controlled by a king or queen it is called a

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

Which Enlightment thinker came up with the natural rights and social contract?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Which enlightenment thinker came up with separation of powers and checks and balances?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Our Natural Rights are...

• Life, Liberty and Money

• Death, Money and Property

• Liberty, Property, Death

• Life, Liberty and Property

When the people give up some freedoms in exchange for protection by the government is called:

• Natural Rights

• Checks and Balances

• Social Contract

• Separation of Powers

Separation of Powers is represented by the three separate branches in the US government

• True

• False

Which document created a government for the pilgrims because they had no government in America?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Which document was the first to introduce the idea of limited government?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Which document convinced many colonist to fight for independence from Britain?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Which document introduced some of the rights that we have in our own Bill of Rights?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense