Mid-Year Practice #2a

The statements below are from an ancient history of Rome.

(1)    The king tried to control the people . . .

(2)    the liberator of the city received a joyous welcome in the camp, and the king’s sons were expelled from it . . .

(3)    city was liberated in 244 years.

(4)    Two consuls were then elected [by the citizens] in the assembly . . . in accordance with the regulations . . .

---Livy, From the Founding of the City, Book I

 

Which statement reflects the principle of representative government?

• Statement (1)

• Statement (2)

• Statement (3)

• Statement (4)

The following rules are part of the Judeo-Christian tradition.

• Do not kill

• Do not steal

• Respect your mother and father

• Do not envy your neighbor’s possessions

 

Which influence on the American constitutional republic is illustrated by these rules?

• republicanism

• separation of powers

• democratic principles

• ethical ideas of justice

Which term or phrase best describes one of the important influences of

ancient Greece on the founders of America’s constitutional republic.?

• Republicanism

• Written Constitutions

• Ethical Ideas of Justice

• Representative Government

The information below identifies several influences of ancient Rome on the founders of America’s constitutional republic.

  Rule of Law

Civic Participation

Representative Government

Republicanism

?

Which phrase/influence is missing?

• Social Contract

• Individual Worth

• Separation of Powers

• Ethical Ideas of Justice

The information below identifies important influences of the Judeo-Christian tradition

on the founders of America’s constitutional republic.

Rule of Law

Ethical Ideas of Justice

Personal Responsibility

?

Which term or phrase is missing?

• Individual Worth

• Civic Participation

• Separation of Powers

• Representative Government

Which phrase explains the meaning of “republicanism”?

• support for a government by a hereditary monarch

• support for a government by elected representatives

• support for a government in which all citizens attend a legislative body

• support for a government in which power is divided among several branches

The statement below is from Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government . . .

What is the meaning of the “republican form of government” in this clause?

• government by deputies appointed by the federal government

• government by members of one of the two major political parties

• government by elected representatives serving in state government

• government by all citizens of the state participating in the state assembly

What did the Judeo-Christian Tradition and Ancient Rome influences have in common?

• Rule of law

• Voting rights

• Legislative bodies

• Separation of powers

What did the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome influences on our government have in common?

• A.  Individual worth

• Civic participation

• Separation of powers

• Ethical ideas of justice

The passage below is from John Adams, Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, vol. 1 (1786).

“Democracy signified a government by all the freemen of the state, or the people at large,

forming in assembly the legal, absolute sovereign . . .”

Whose government was Adams describing in this passage?

• ancient Israel

• ancient Rome

• ancient Greece

• ancient England