US & VA Government 12 - Unit 1 Test

The United States acquired which of the following concepts from Athens?

• trial by jury

• direct democracy

• protection of property

• due process of law

The charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Extended basic rights of Englishmen to American colonists

• Applied to all colonists living in New England colonies

• Extended to Englishmen living in land held by France

• Applied to American Indians (First Americans)

Rousseau proposed which of the following concepts of government in his writings?

• All men are equal

• Free Elections

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

Which early document supported protection against Martial Law?

• Magna Carta

• English Petition of Rights

• Code of Hammurabi

• English Bill of Rights

A notable idea American government borrowed from Rome is to be a(n)

• Republic

• Communist

• Direct Democracy

• Anti-constituency

Which of the following are elements of the Virginia Plan?

• strong state powers

• unicameral congress

• three coequal branches of government

• several national executives

Any nation that is sovereign has the power to govern its own issues.

• True

• False

Presidential governments are ruled by a monarch and prime minister.

• True

• False

The United States founding fathers gained no influence from European political philosophers.

• True

• False

A charter is a written grant of authority from the king.

• True

• False