QB 2 Civics 2023 part 4

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 adopted democratic principles.

• The founders created a government with a separation of powers.

• The founders established a representative form of government

In 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?

• representative government

• the rise of democratic principles

• the separation of powers

• the protection of individual rights

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

• civic participation

• republicanism

• separation of powers

• representative government

The diagram below shows the impact of an important tradition. Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Voting rights

• Ethical ideas of justice

• Republicanism

• Separation of powers

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.

Based on this passage, with which statement about ancient Athens would Adams have agreed?

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

• Its government was based on majority rule.

• Its government protected individual rights.

• DIts government was based on ethical ideas of justice.

The table below shows a comparison of two different systems of government. Which information completes the table?

• The popular assemblies make the most important decisions in Rome.

• The popular assemblies claim that human laws come directly from God.

• The popular assemblies elect consuls and other officials to make decisions.

• The popular assemblies include women, slaves and foreign residents.

Which is an important difference between the democratic principles of ancient Greece and those of the United States today?

• In the United States, government decisions are based on the rule of the majority.

• In the United States, citizens are guaranteed their individual rights.

• In the United States, citizens serve as jurors.

• In the United States, citizens participate in government.

According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?

• English Bill of Rights

• social contract

• constitution

• Mayflower Compact

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?

• trial by jury

• freedom of the press

• freedom of religion

• no taxation without representation