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ENMS Foundations Of Government Centers Quiz

Authored by Susan Rober

Social Studies

7th Grade

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ENMS Foundations Of Government Centers Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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The first document to establish self-government in the colonies. It was signed on the Mayflower before the passengers left the ship.

Mayflower Compact

Common Sense

Magna Carta

English Bill of Rights

2.

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30 sec • 5 pts

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This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine. It encouraged colonists to gain their independence from England.

Magna Carta

English Bill of Rights

Mayflower Compact

Common Sense

3.

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30 sec • 5 pts

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In England, this document guaranteed the right to bear arms, outlawed cruel and unusual punishment and established freedom from taxation without representation. We borrowed many of these ideas for the Bill of Rights.

Magna Carta

English Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights

Mayflower Compact

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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The first document to limit the powers of the king of England. It was signed in 1215.

English Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights

Magna Carta

Mayflower Compact

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Government or control of a country by its own members rather than by members of a different country.

dictatorship

monarchy

monarchy

self-government

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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A group of leaders who united the 13 colonies, declared independence from Great Britain and built the framework of the government for the United States. Many of their ideas came from the Enlightenment philosophers.

House of Representatives

Congress

Founding Fathers

Senate

7.

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30 sec • 5 pts

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John Locke believed that governments should only exist to serve the will of the people. He believed that members of a society give up some of their power to the government and in return, the government protects the people.

social contract

legal contract

democracy

natural law

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