2023-24 Civics 1st 9 Week Exam

What Is Your Name?

Who's Class Are You In?

• Ms. Claudio
• Ms. Heath

What Period Are You In?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 6th

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Jean-Jacques Rosseau
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke

Which Enlightenment idea is expressed in this statement?

• Baron de Montesquieu’s theory of separation of power
• John Locke’s idea of the social contract
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s theory of divine right
• James Madison’s view of individual liberty

The Founding Fathers divided the power to make, enforce, and interpret laws between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. What might have happened if they had given all of these powers to the executive branch?

• The balance of power among the different branches would make government more efficient.
• The president could have grown too powerful, leading to tyranny.
• Congress would have had more occasions to override presidential vetoes.
• Supreme Court justices would have had to strike down more laws as unconstitutional.

This part of the Mayflower Compact is an example of how the colonists put which of the following into practice?

• social contract
• common law
• statute
• check and balances

Which idea is from the Magna Carta?

• The people should be completely free from the government.
• The people should support a strong central government.
• The government should give people a fair and speedy trial.
• The government should have unlimited power to tax.

Based on this passage, how is the author’s view reflected in the U.S. political system?

• The monarchy creates limited government
• The monarchy supports self-government.
• Representatives are appointed.
• Representatives are elected.

The stamp below is from the front page of a 1765 newspaper. What was the significance of this stamp in the newspaper?

• It demonstrated that Parliament ignored the colonists’ media communication.
• It demonstrated that Parliament controlled the colonists’ press outlets.
• It represented the colonists’ opposition to English tax policies.
• It represented colonists’ fulfillment of English tax policies.