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6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Magna Carta Written?

To set up laws for the settlers who arrived in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1620.

To keep Parliament out of jail.

To help King John Get on Billboard's Top 40 rap chart.

To force King John of England to protect certain rights of the people and to limit his powers. 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is meant by self-government?

The idea that people create and run their own government. 

The idea that the king must share power with Parliament.

I can do what I want to do when I want to do it.

The state can govern other countries.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Define habeas corpus.

law based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases

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the right to a jury trial

the principle that the government must provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail. 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of these was an important idea of the Magna Carta?

limited monarchy

self-government

social contract

consent off the governed

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following ideas from the Magna Carta, are also found in the U.S. Constitution?

self-government

consent of the governed

rule of law

social contract

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are two rights that are in the English Bill of Rights that are also found in our Bill of Rights?

the right to a jury trial and the right to free speech.

the right to a jury trial and the right to free speech.

the right to bear arms and the right to petition the king

the right to bear arms and the right to free press

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What two rights in the English Bill of Rights influenced American views about government?

social contract &

self-government

the importance of individual rights & consent of the governed

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self-contract &

social-contract

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