Civics Chapter 2 The American Colonies and Their Government

In a direct democracy, people vote on issues themselves, rather than electing representatives to decide for them.

• True

• False

The Magna Carta had little effect on the monarchs that ruled after King John.

• True

• False

In Thomas Hobbes's idea of social contract, people agree to give up all freedoms in exchange for the order provided by government rule.

• True

• False

The Mayflower Compact established a direct democracy, meaning the colony of Plymouth directly elected representatives who would govern them.

• True

• False

A legislature is

• an agreement among the people in a society

• an assembly of judges

• a lawmaking body

• the principle that a ruler or government is not all powerful

The Magna Carta is important for establishing which of the following?

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

• the principle of limited government

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• the Virginia Company

The colony of Jamestown chose an assembly of representatives known as

• The House of Burgesses

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• Parliament

Indentured Servants were enslaved peoples from the country of Africa.

• True

• False

Dissenters are people who oppose official or commonly held views.

• True

• False

The economy of the New England Colonies depended mostly on cash crops.

• True

• False