Civics Category 1

Which of these societies is subject to the rule of law?

• People are free to do whatever they want without limits.

• What people are able to do is based on a set of written rules that apply equally to all.

• A group of leaders decides what everyone else is permitted to do, which can change at any moment.

• The president is allowed to make all the decisions - without any transparency.

Which Supreme Court case dealt with the rule of law?

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Miranda v. Arizona

• U.S. v. Nixon

• Bush v. Gore

The diagram below lists a number of characteristics. Which phrase completes this diagram?

• The goals of government identified in the Preamble to the Constitution.

• The impact of the rule of law on government officials and institutions.

• The separation of powers among the three branches of government.

• The rights and responsibilities of American citizens

What does the blindfold covering the figure’s eyes represent?

• equality under the law

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• natural law

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Representative Government

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

• Trial by Jury

What do Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights have in common?

• Self-government

• Individual rights/liberties

• Urged colonists to declare independence

• Established trial by jury

19. What impact did the writings of Baron Montesquieu have on the Founding Fathers?

• They created a representative system of government.

• They kept a monarchical system of government.

• They separated the powers of government into three branches.

• They guaranteed each citizen the right to a trial by jury.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Separation of Powers

• Monarchical Government

• Government by Consent of the Governed

• Trial by Jury

Why did we take Montesquieu’s advice and create a government that used separation of powers?

• To establish the rule of law

• To fight off tyranny

• To stop a nation from becoming a state of nature

• To control the power of the new king/queen

Which of the following is true about the Mayflower Compact?

• The colonists declared their independence from English rule.

• The colonists declared their alliance with Parliament against the king.

• The king agreed not to collect new taxes without the approval of Parliament.

• A group of early colonists agreed to form their own government and to obey their own laws.