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WorksheetsFundamental Political Principles
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 Fundamental Political Principles that have shaped government in the United States?
a)
Democracy
b)
Limited Government
c)
Socialist Principles
d)
Representative Government
2.
Which document guaranteed the same rights of Englishmen to colonists in the New World?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
d)
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
3.
Which of the following documents stated grievances against the King of Great Britain and affirmed certain unalienable rights?
a)
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
b)
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
US Constitution
4.
Which of the following means a written plan of government or supreme law of the land?
a)
principle
b)
democracy
c)
law
d)
constitution
5.
Another word for complaints is...
a)
grievances
b)
law
c)
unalienable
d)
fundamental
6.
Rights that cannot be taken away, rights we are born with......
a)
charter
b)
democracy
c)
unalienable
d)
constitution
7.
Rules of conduct enforced by the government....
a)
laws
b)
civics
c)
charters
d)
grievances
8.
Which of the following established the first form of national government for the United States? It also gave more powers to the states and created a weak central government....
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
US Constitution
d)
Virginia Declaration of Rights
9.
Which of the following is another word for permission?
a)
sovereignty
b)
principle
c)
charter
d)
consent
10.
In a _________________ government the people elect officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.
a)
communist
b)
dictatorial
c)
representative
d)
monarchical
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