Ch.2 Assessment

Which document expressed ideas about the separation of church and state?

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

A government "of the people, by the people and for the people" best describes

• an unlimited government

• a democracy

• a monarchy

• a dictatorship

The idea that citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection of their rights is referred to as

• rights of citizens

• representative government

• consent of the governed

• direct democracy

Which historical document is described:

• No power to tax

No president

States had major powers

no federal courts

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedoms

US Constitution, Article I "The House of Representatives shall be comprised of members chosen every second year by the People"

• The amendment process

• Consent of the governed

• Representative Government

• Rule of Law

Reorder the following historical documents with 1 being the earliest document written

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

The newspaper headline is an example of which fundamental principle of democracy

• consent of the governed

• rule of law

• representative government

• limited government

Which fundamental principle means the government is not all powerful?

• consent of the governed

• limited government

• representative government

• rule of law

Which document was created to fix the problems created by the articles of confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• VA constitution

• Bill of Rights

• US Constitution

Which 3 statements represent the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• No national currency

• Representative Government

• No Judicial Branch

• No power to tax