Unit 1.2 Review

John Locke's idea of people having certain, unalienable natural rights included the protection of

• Life, Liberty, and Property

• Judicial, Executive, Legislative

• Life, income, and power

• freedom of speech, assembly, and the right to bear arms

Montesquieu's idea of separation of powers is an important principle of government because

• It ensures no one is above the law.

• It guarantees the president holds all the power.

• It separates the government into three branches and ensures no one branch can become tyrannical, or too powerful.

• It separates the state governments from each other.

The idea that people can form and run their own government is known as

• Limited Government

• Self-Government

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

Below is a quote from James Madison:

"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."

What idea is Madison concerned with?

• Social contract

• Rule of Law

• Separation of power

• Natural law

Which idea completes the chart?

• Limited government

• Separation of powers

• Natural rights

• Self-government

An early English document that influenced our Founding Fathers and is important for creating the idea of limited government.

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

expanded the rights of the people and English Parliament...,further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689

• Magna Carta

• Preamble

• Common Sense

• English Bill of Rights

the idea that those who govern must follow the laws; no one is above the law

• limited government

• due pro

• rule of law

• self-government

   Athens, an ancient Greek _______, or city-state, is best known as the birthplace of democracy.

• Polling Place
• Acropolis
• Polis
• Oligarchy

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, which democratic principle of the Ancient Greeks influenced him the most?

• Term limits preventing anyone from staying in power too long

• People have the fundamental right to rule themselves

• Civic Participation is an important duty

• That only the "best and brightest" should serve in government