Government Quizizz 1

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

According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some ______ in exchange for _______ as part of the social contract.

• rights and power / protection
• food and shelter / weapons
• security and protection / freedom
• money / goods and services

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the "social contract" as a group of people agreeing to form a government?

• Charles-Louis Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Adam Smith

• John Locke

What is Hammurabi's Code?

• a story of Babylon's creation

• it is the language of Ancient Sumer

• it is a collection of written laws and rules

What became model for ethical laws?

• Code of Hammurabi

• Ten Commandments

• Roman 12 Tables

• English Common Law

What became the most important basis for the American legal system?

• Code of Hammurabi

• Ten Commandments

• Roman 12 Tables

• English Common Law

Which document from 1689 influenced the ideas about the rights of the citizens?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

Criminal law consists of rules that define conduct.

• True

• False

Civil law settles disputes among individuals. 

• True

• False

Hammurabi’s Code is the earliest form of law that we are able to _______.

• follow

• read

• fight