Origins of Government

What institution is created by a society to create and enforce public policies?

• the civil service

• a senate

• the chief

• the government

Which phrase best describes the U.S. Constitution?

• a preamble

• a code

• a treatise on government

• a plan of government

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

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

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

People agree to give up rights in exchange for protection from the government.

• Social contract

• Constitutional republic

• Representative democracy

• General agreement

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

Why did the Founding Fathers separate power to make, enforce, and interpret laws between different branches of government?

• to prevent on branch of government from becoming too powerful

• to make the national government more efficient

• to increase the power of the presidency

• to ensure that Congress would act according to the will of the people

What pamphlet denounced British rule and fanned the flames of revolution?

• Magna Carta

• Two treatises of Government

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

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Which document confirmed the rights of English subjects after the overthrow of James Il in the Glorious Revolution?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws