UNIT 2 FSQ Reviews

Identify a way Judeo-Christian values influenced America's constitutional republic.

• Legislative bodies

• Written constitution

• Separation of powers

• Personal responsibility

Which principle influenced by Ancient Rome holds all people and organizations accountable to the same set of laws?

• Separation of powers

• Civic participation

• Republicanism

• Rule of law

John Locke described the idea that governments are formed through agreement between the people and rulers. What is this called?

• Equality under the law

• Separation of powers

• Social contract

• Natural law

Based on James Madison’s writings, why should religion be a protected right? choose the correct answers

• Religion provides a moral foundation for our country

• People must form religious beliefs using reason

• Governments have often failed to protect religious rights

• Religious freedom was the reason settlers came to America

Colonial political ideas were influenced by documents such as the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights. Which principle best fits this tradition?

• Separation of powers

• Economic freedom

• Self-government

• Individual rights

Which idea was included in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?

• The U.S. should be a unitary state

• The U.S. should remain under British control

• The U.S. should be a direct democracy like Greece

• The U.S. should serve as a model of independence

Which quote from the Declaration of Independence shows John Locke’s theory of natural rights?

• 'All men are created equal … Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.'

• 'He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly …'

• 'A Prince … is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.'

• 'He has refused his Assent to Laws …'

Which Enlightenment thinker proposed separation of powers to prevent tyranny?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Colonists responded to which British law by declaring it unconstitutional, using mob violence, and raising the issue of 'no taxation without representation'?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Declaratory Act

Which principle from the Declaration of Independence emphasizes the government’s role in securing unalienable rights?

• Military should have absolute power

• All men are created equal and deserve equal wealth

• Governments should ensure leaders’ happiness

• Governments derive just powers from consent of the governed