WorksheetsReview 7-2.5
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What inspired the American Revolution?
a)
Scientific Revolution
b)
Religion
c)
The Enlightenment
d)
Technological Advancements
2.
What inspired the French Revolution?
a)
The American Revolution & The Enlightenment
b)
The Latin Revolution & The Enlightenment
c)
The American Revolution & The Scientific Revolution
d)
The Latin Revolution & The Scientific Revolution
3.
The French Revolution and the American Revolution, utilizing the ideas of the Enlightenment, led to the formation of _____________________.
a)
Unlimited Governments
b)
Socialism
c)
Absolutism
d)
Limited Governments
4.
The Enlightenment presented new beliefs about authority and the role of the _______________ in government.
a)
Religion
b)
Monarch
c)
citizens/individuals
d)
President
5.
According to John Locke, what are natural rights?
a)
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
b)
Life, Liberty, Property
c)
Life, Liberty, economic freedom
d)
Life, Liberty, Fraternity
6.
Which form of government allows citizens to choose other citizens to represent them in the decision-making processes of government?
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Representative Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Theocracy
7.
This American Document drew upon Locke's beliefs ?
a)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
b)
Declaration of the Rights of Citizens
c)
Declaration of Liberty & Fraternity
d)
Declaration of Independence
8.
What did the writers of the United States Constitution use as the framework to develop a limited government?
a)
Scientific Revolution
b)
Advance Technology
c)
Patriotic Ideas
d)
Enlightenment Ideas
9.
As a result of American diplomats spending time in Paris, a number of French citizens began learning about the following ideas?
a)
oppression & equality
b)
equality & freedom
c)
liberty & oppression
d)
separation of power & absolutism
10.
The American Revolution helped spread revolutionary ideals to the French people.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What idea best describe a nation having to do what is best for the majority or the general will
a)
Separation of Power
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Natural Rights
d)
Social Contract
12.
Individual rights are protected by?
a)
Shared Powers
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
The Preamble
d)
The Pledge of Allegiance
13.
The concept of shared powers is also established by the system of _____________ as duties are divided between the federal and state governments.
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Federalism
d)
Social Contract
14.
Which Enlightened Thinker inspired the three branches of government?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Voltaire
c)
Rousseau
d)
Locke
15.
Which of the following is not a part of the US. branches of government?
a)
Legislative
b)
Judicial
c)
Executive
d)
Parliamentary
16.
What places limits on the government's power by specifically outlining what powers the government does or does not have?
a)
A treaty
b)
Constitution
c)
Contract
d)
Pledge
17.
A constitution that creates a limited government as the relationship between the people and their government is an example of Locke's idea of a?
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Social Contract
d)
Tabula Rasa
18.
What is a characteristic of a "positive" constitution?
a)
it gives all the power to the legislative
b)
it states the responsibilities that a government is to perform
c)
It enables one political party to dominate the government
d)
it encourages the development of colonies
19.
This branch of government INTERPRETS the law
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
20.
This branch of government carries out or ENFORCES the law
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
21.
This branch of government MAKES the law
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
22.
Whose ideas did Thomas Jefferson model the Declaration of Independence after?
a)
John Hancock
b)
John Locke
c)
George Washington
d)
John Adams
23.
What makes the United States constitution a negative constitution?
a)
it places limitations on the government
b)
it does not require citizens' approval
c)
it cannot be changed
d)
it is a a collection of traditions and not written
24.
What document was most influenced by John Locke’s ideas?
a)
The Constitution
b)
The Magna Carta
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
The Declaration of Independence
25.
This is the idea that “the people” give the government power to protect their natural rights and must live by the rules?
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Social Contract
d)
Rule of Law
26.
Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
a)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
b)
Baron de Montesquieu
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
John Locke
27.
Separation of Powers influenced the US Government by providing?
a)
Checks & Balances
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Natural Law
d)
The Social Contract
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