Ch 3 Terms Quiz Roots of American Democracy

Why is the Magna Carta an important document in British history?

• It was the first document to place limits on the king's power
• It outlawed feudalism and gave voting rights to all citizens
• It established Parliament as the nation's legislative body.
• It determined England's physical boundaries

The Magna Carta accomplished which of the following?

• Limited powers of the king, allowed for trial by jury

• No false imprisonment (can't be arrested/jailed for no reason) and a right to a trial by jury

• Taxes can't be raised without approval of nobles, all free men protected equally by law

• All of these are true

A universal set of moral principles believed to come from humans' basic sense of right and wrong that can be applied to any culture or system of justice

• Charter

• Natural law

• Magna Carta

• Rule of law

A political system in which power is exercised by elected leaders who work in the interests of the people. Also known as a republic, from the Roman Republic.

• Charter

• Direct democracy

• Representative government

• Natural rights

The principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws and that no one is above the law

• Natural law

• Natural rights

• Rule of law

• Popular sovereignty

The willingness to serve one's country.

• Civic goodness

• Virtuosity

• Public good

• Civic virtue

A political system in which the powers exercised by the government are restricted, usually by a written constitution

• Rule of law

• Popular sovereignty

• Separation of powers

• Limited government

Rights that all people have by virtue of being human: life, liberty, property (or pursuit of happiness, if you Like Jefferson's version better)

• Rule of law

• Popular sovereignty

• Limited government

• Natural rights

The idea that the powers of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one person or group from gaining to much power

• Popular sovereignty

• Separation of powers

• Limited government

• Compact

The principle that the people are the ultimate source of the authority and legitimacy of a government

• Limited government

• Representative government

• Rule of law

• Popular sovereignty