Civics and Economics CE.2A

Which fundamental principle means EVERYONE, including government officials, MUST follow the law?

• Consent of the Governed

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Democracy

When citizens give authority to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights, this is called_____?

• Consent of the Governed

• Democracy

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

When the people rule, it is called what?

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

In this form of government, the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf.

• Anarchy

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

• Communism

What is it called when government is not all-powerful and may only do the things the people have given it the power to do?

• Socialism

• Monarchy

• Limited Government

• Anarchy

This document :

1. established the first form of national government

2. Maintained that major powersresided with the individual states

3. created a weak central government (e.g. no power to tax or enforce laws)

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedome

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

This document :

1. Stated grievances (complaints) against the king of Great Britain

2. Declared the colonies independence from Great Britain

3. Affirmed "certain unalienable rights" (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)

4. Affirmed the idea that all people are created equal

• The Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• The Constitution of the United States

• The Declaration of Independence

This document established for the first time the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law, It also gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms.

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Constitution

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Magna Carta

Which of these documents served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Magna Carta

Which document

1. Established the structure of the United States government

2. Guaranteed equality under the law with MAJORITY rule and the rights of MINORITIES protected

3. Affirmed the individual worth and dignity of all people

4. Protected the fundamental freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta