Chapter 2 Quiz Review

One of the earliest foundations for democracy cane be found in the Egyptian Tombs of the Pyramids.

• True

• False

Large populations use Representative Democracy, people choose leaders to govern for them.

• True

• False

A government based on direct democracy is called a republic.

• True

• False

_____________ is the idea that a ruler or a government is not all powerful.

• Limited government

• Legislature

• Separation of Powers

• Voting

The signing of the English Bill of Rights signaled the end of the struggle between Parliament and the ____________.

• military

• church

• people

• monarchs (kings and queens)

Colonists views of government were shaped by the Enlightenment _________.

• thinkers

  (philosophers)

• politicians

• rulers

• scientists

John Locke wrote that all people were born equal with certain God given rights called ______________________.

• responsibilities

• duties

• obligations

• natural rights

________________ founded the colonies in America throughout the 1600's.

• England

• Germany

• Spain

• France

America was far away from England, so the colonists had a large voice in what happened in England and the colonies.

• True

• False

King George asked Parliament to tax the colonies in order to pay off Great Britain’s war debts incurred from the war with France.

• True

• False