Founding Inspirations - Unit 1 Review

Imagine you're in a royal court and the King or Queen proclaims their authority to rule is granted directly by God! What fancy term would they use to describe this?

• Monarchy

• Divine Right

• Patriarchy

• Absolutism

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G1.A

G1.B

Hey there, history buff! Can you tell us what the Founding Fathers had to say about natural law?

• Did they say they shouldn't exist at all?

• Or maybe they thought they were only for certain people?

• Did they believe they should transcend man-made law, and be based on justice?

• Or did they insist they should not come before man-made law?

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G1.A

G1.B

Can you guess the political philosopher who suggested that we should surrender some of our rights for the King's protection?

• William Blackburn

• Thomas Hobbes

• Machiavelli

• Socrates

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G1.C, G1.D

G1.B

Imagine you're a time traveler, visiting different forms of government. You land in a place where the government's legitimacy comes from the consent of the governed. What form of government are you in?

• Totalitarianism

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

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G1.E

Pop quiz time! Can you guess which political philosopher suggested that we should split up the government branches to prevent any one of them from getting too powerful and bossing people around?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Charles-Louse de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

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G1.A

G1.B

G1.C, G1.D

Hey there, do you know why we even have a constitution? What's its main purpose?

• Is it to establish rules and procedures for governments to follow?

• Or just as a placeholder for governance?

• Maybe to cover up government misdeeds?

• Or simply because we have to?

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G1.A

G1.B

G1.C, G1.D

Can you guess what a limited government is?

• Is it a policy that restricts the power of government officials to ensure the people's freedoms?

• Does it mean only a select few can rule?

• Is it a system where one ruler has all the power?

• Or does it mean no one can rule at all?

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G1.E

Can you guess who the British judge was that managed to condense the vast British common law into just four volumes? Hint: It's not a pop star!

• Thomas Jefferson

• Blackstone

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Madonna

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G1.B

G1.A

G1.C, G1.D

Hey history buffs! Can you guess which of these Founding Fathers is known as the Father of the U.S. Constitution?

• Was it the wise Benjamin Franklin?

• Or perhaps the mysterious Anne Bolin?

• Could it be the influential George Mason?

• Or was it the intellectual James Madison?

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G1.C, G1.D

G1.E

Can you guess what the Federalists were rooting for at the grand Constitutional Convention?

• A mighty, robust Central Government

• A feeble, weak Central Government

• A colossal, big government

• A petite, small government

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G1.C, G1.D

G1.E