Fall 2022 Cumulative Semester Exam Review

Determine how Athenian democracy negatively contributed to the establishing of the world’s first democracy in Ancient Greece.

• Athens was the first city-state to allow ordinary citizens political power.
• Citizenship could be granted by means of both parents being citizens
• Democracy truly affected only a small percentage of the Athenian population
• Democracy differed from previous autocratic ways.

Identify which of the following governing ideas was most influenced by the Ancient Roman style of government.

• System of Checks and Balances
• Bicameral Legislature
• First Amendment/Individual Rights
• Three Branches of Government

The Magna Carta contributed to the development of American democracy by?

• Limiting the power of the king
• Giving rights to the people
• Giving new freedoms to the people
• All of the above

According to the Enlightenment age philosophers, the state was established to

• Serve the will of the king
• Serve the will of the people
• Serve the will of the government
• Serve the will of the elected

The idea of separation of powers was first introduced by which Enlightenment philosopher?

• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Charles de Montesquieu

Identify the purpose of the ENGLISH Bill of Rights * Please know this is about the English Bill of Rights not the United States Bill of Rights!

• Allow Catholics to become monarchs
• Limit the rights of citizens to bear arms
• Set clear limits on royal power
• Limit the rights of Parliament

What was the primary purpose of the colonist coming to the new world of America?

• For the experience of traveling across the ocean
• Freedom
• To join a civic group
• None of these answers

What does the United States Constitution do?

• Defines the government
• Sets up the government
• Protects the basic rights of Americans
• All of the above

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Abraham Lincoln
• James Madison
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

What document is considered the supreme law of the land in the United States of America?

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Constitution
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Declaration of Independence