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WorksheetsBenchmark Boot-Camp Quizizz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
European philosopher who believed government's can lead to tyranny so to avoid this, he proposed the Separation of Powers so that not part of the government could get too powerful.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Thomas Paine
2.
Dividing government power among legislative (make laws), executive (enforce the laws), and judicial (determine the meaning of laws) branches.
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Federalism
3.
Popular support for separation from England led to this document.
The document claimed that all people deserved natural unalienable rights and since England was not giving them theirs, the colonists in America were breaking off with England and starting their own country!
The document claimed that all people deserved natural unalienable rights and since England was not giving them theirs, the colonists in America were breaking off with England and starting their own country!
a)
Constitution
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Magna Carta
4.
What does refuse to buy a certain country's or company's products mean?
a)
Boycott
b)
Tyranny
c)
Parliament
d)
Federalism
5.
Which of the following was a tax on paper items issued by British Parliament used to pay off their war debts?
Colonists protests they should not be taxes unless colonist representatives in England voted on them. This led to "No Taxation without Representation!!"
Colonists protests they should not be taxes unless colonist representatives in England voted on them. This led to "No Taxation without Representation!!"
a)
Tea and Sugar Tax
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
6.
What is English legislature, or group that makes laws, that passed the English Bill of Rights, which inspired American government?
a)
Congress
b)
Supreme Court
c)
Parliament
d)
Federalist
7.
What is an English document that limits the power of the leader and says leaders have to follow the law too?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Constitution
8.
English document voted on by Parliament that limited the power of the king/queen and listed the rights of ALL British citizens and the laws that all citizens must follow.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
English Bill of Rights
9.
What means the government's abuse of power?
a)
Constitution
b)
Tyranny
c)
Parliament
d)
Consent of the Governed
10.
What document is an agreement signed by pilgrims stating they will make and obey "just (fair) and equal laws" for the "general good of the colony?" Because most people had to obey laws without their approval, this was one of the first examples of self-government.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
English Bill of Rights
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Mayflower Compact
11.
What government document existed before the Constitution and gave our government only one branch (Leg. Branch)?
It was unsuccessful because all states had to agree to pass a vote and it couldn't make people pay taxes.
It was unsuccessful because all states had to agree to pass a vote and it couldn't make people pay taxes.
a)
Constitution
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Declaration of Independence
12.
What is the document that gives the rules for how our government should run and is still the supreme law of the land to this day?
a)
Constitution
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Great Compromise
13.
The agreement where people from big states and small states agreed to create a two-house legislature under the Constitution, one that is based on population, the other is equal numbers per state.
a)
Federalist
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Great Compromise
d)
Stamp Act
14.
The division of powers between the states and the federal or national government.
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Federalism
c)
Checks and Balances
d)
Bicameral
15.
Introduction to the Constitution that mentions the goals
a)
Articles
b)
Amendments
c)
Preamble
d)
Parliament
16.
What is the concept of a government that has law's instead of random decisions made by a leader?
a)
Consent of the Governed
b)
Boycott
c)
Tyranny
d)
Rule of Law
17.
What is the branch of government that makes our laws and is mentioned in Article I of the Constitution?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
18.
What is the body of Congress where the number of states' representatives is based off of population?
a)
Senate
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Parliament
19.
What is the body of Congress where the number of states' representatives is 2 per state?
a)
Senate
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Parliament
20.
Our Congress is ________, which means it's divided into two bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
a)
Federalist
b)
Tyranny
c)
Bicameral
d)
Republic
21.
What is a type of government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws? This was first started by Ancient Rome.
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Tyranny
d)
Republic
22.
Who is a philosopher who believed the government exists for the people and that the purpose of the government is to protect our natural rights?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
John Locke
d)
George Washington
23.
What is the idea that the government is only legit and has power if the citizens were the ones who gave the government power?
a)
Consent of the Governed
b)
Tyranny
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Monarchy
24.
A government controlled by one person, called a dictator, who usually takes power by force, rather than inheriting it or being voted in. (Kim Jong Un is a modern example, also Hitler)
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Republic
25.
People who supported ratification of the Constitution because they supported a strong federal, or national, government.
a)
Federalist
b)
Anti-Federalist
26.
What is a form of government in which laws are made directly by the citizens? This first started in Ancient Greece.
a)
Republic
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Direct Democracy
27.
A form of government in which all or most of the power is in the hands of one individual, the monarch, whose authority is hereditary.
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Monarchy
c)
Direct Democracy
d)
Republic
28.
With this, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful.
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Consent of the Governed
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