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WorksheetsIntro to Government
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
What document from English History was important in saying that a king's power is limited (and shared with others)?
a)
E Pluribus Unim
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Ceterus parabus
d)
Hakuna Matata
2.
When a person received a grant of land from the King, this was called a _________ colony.
a)
charter
b)
proprietary
c)
royal
d)
commercial
3.
Which American founding father said, "We must, indeed, all hang together or... we shall all hang separately."?
a)
George Washington
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Patrick Henry
4.
What war caused Great Britain to ask for the colonies to contribute their fair share in taxes?
a)
Civil War
b)
War of 1812
c)
French and Indian War
d)
Revolutionary War
5.
This was a phrase that was the center of the colonists anger with Great Britain (and would eventually lead to the Revolutionary War):
a)
"separate but equal"
b)
"Remember the Alamo"
c)
"taxation without representation"
d)
"May the Force be with You"
6.
This was the name of the short-lived agreement between the colonies that began in 1777.
a)
the Constitution
b)
the Articles of Confederation
c)
the Great Compromise
d)
the Glorious Revolution
7.
This "small state" plan called for equal representation in the legislature; it would later be the basis for our Senate
a)
the Virginia Plan
b)
the Connecticut Plan
c)
the New Jersey Plan
d)
the Rhode Island Plan
8.
This "big state" plan called for representation based on a state's population; it would later form the basis of our House of Representative
a)
the Virginia Plan
b)
the Texas Plan
c)
the New Jersey Plan
d)
the Pennsylvania Plan
9.
The two plans were combined into our Congress (with one house represented equally and one house represented by population). What is another name for this system?
a)
camelcameral
b)
bicameral
c)
unocameral
d)
tricameral
10.
One of the questions in our early government was how to count slaves in figuring out population. How much were slaves counted in our early Constitution?
a)
2/3
b)
3/4
c)
3/5
d)
5/5
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