
Origins of Government
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What institution is created by a society to create and enforce public policies?
the civil service
a senate
the chief
the government
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase best describes the U.S. Constitution?
a preamble
a code
a treatise on government
a plan of government
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Magna Carta of 1215 is important for establishing which of the following?
the Virginia Company
the principle of limited government
the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment
an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which right was established by Magna Carta in 1215?
The right to vote in elections.
The right to choose the monarch
The right to freedom of speech
the right to trial by jury
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In 1689, the King and Queen of England granted some basic rights to English citizens, such as a trial by jury and no cruel and unusual punishments.
Virginia House of Burgesses
Articles of Confederation
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
People agree to give up rights in exchange for protection from the government.
Social contract
Constitutional republic
Representative democracy
General agreement
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
Jen-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
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