ENMS QB1 Review

Which statement identifies an important influence of ancient Greece on the founders of the American constitutional republic?

• The founders based their laws on ethical ideas of justice.

• The founders established a representative form of government.

• The founders created a government with a separation of power

• The founders adopted democratic principles

n ancient Athens, all adult male citizens were able to vote in the Assembly, the legislative body that decided on important issues facing the polis. What did this practice illustrate?

• the protection of individual rights

• the separation of powers

• representative government

• the rise of democratic principle

Which characteristic did the government of the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece share with the government of ancient Rome?

• separation of powers

• civic participation

• republicanism

• representative governmen

The statement below was made in a speech by Pericles, the leader of Athens, around 430 b.c.

Our government does not copy the laws of our neighbors. Instead, it serves as an example to them. We are called a democracy because our government is in the hands of the many and not of the few ...

How did the example mentioned in this speech influence the founders of the American constitutional republic, 2,500 years later?

• They placed the final power of government in ordinary citizens

• They gave political power to an all-powerful ruler

• They designed a system of checks and balances

• They created a government of elected representatives.

The passage below was written by John Adams in his book Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (1787).

The republic of Athens, the school mistress of the whole civilized world, for more than a thousand years in arts, eloquence and philosophy ... was for a short period ... the most democratical commonwealth in Greece.

• Its government protected individual rights

• ts government was controlled by an all-powerful dictator.

• Its government was based on majority rule

• Its government was based on ethical ideas of justice

The statement below is an excerpt from Magna Carta (1215).

No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt from Magna Carta?

• Right to due process
• Right to bear arms.
• Right to freedom of speech.
• no taxation without representation

Which institution today is most similar to a polis in ancient Greece?

• a self-governing city

• a state legislature of elected representatives

• an association of independent nations

• a federal system of government

Which characteristic was shared by ancient Rome and the Judeo-Christian tradition?

• respect for the rule of law

• willingness to sacrifice one’s life for the city-stat

• government based on majority vote

• a separation of powers in government

The list below identifies several activities.

• --Attending a school board meeting

• --Voting in a primary election

• --Sending a petition to local officials

• --Putting a candidate’s sign in your yard

• --Registering voters at a community college

What do these activities illustrate?

• opportunities for citizens to influence political action committees

• ways that citizens can meet their citizenship obligations

• opportunities for citizens to participate in national elections

• ways in which citizens can meet their citizenship responsibilities

  
  

Which practice is part of the obligation of a U.S. citizen to help defend the nation

• Register for selective service

• Paying taxes.
• Attending jury duty.
• Registering to vote.