Unit 2 - Topic 1 quiz

What is a constitution?

• A rule book for the 13 Colonies

• The first 10 amendments of the Constitution

• A rule book for a state

• A rule book for the United States

True or False: The Divine Right is the belief that royalty are given their power from God.

• True

• False

What is a society in which the people are sovereign, but which at the same time limits the power of government in order to protect individual freedoms? 

• Bill of Rights

• Powers

• Sovereignty

• Republic

What is it called when governments come into being because people are willing to give up some of their natural freedom in exchange for the protection that comes from being citizens of a nation powerful enough to defend their rights? 

• Social Contract

• Popular Sovereignty

• Divine Right

• Bill of Rights

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To explain how the government would be run

• To protect our civil rights and liberties

• To protect our leaders

• To keep the people in check

What is one way that Americans can consent to their government?

• talking about government

• revolutions

• submitting to a king

• voting for representatives

Wrote Second Treatise of Civil Government

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

Wrote The Social Contract

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

Wrote Leviathan

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

True or False: The Electors in the House of Representatives are determined based on proportional representation

• True

• False