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WorksheetsWe The People: Unit 2 Vocabulary
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
abolish
a)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain.
b)
To formally put an end to
c)
Easy for anyone to see; obvious.
d)
Rights that cannot be taken or given away.
2.
self-evident
a)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain.
b)
To formally put an end to
c)
Easy for anyone to see; obvious.
d)
Rights that cannot be taken or given away.
3.
Tories
a)
An American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
b)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
4.
Patriots
a)
An American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
b)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
c)
Colonists who opposed American independence and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.
5.
Loyalist
a)
An American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
b)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
c)
Colonists who opposed American independence and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.
6.
unalienable rights
a)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain.
b)
To formally put an end to
c)
Easy for anyone to see; obvious.
d)
Rights that cannot be taken or given away.
7.
common law
a)
Laws unwritten and written that people in England followed. The Founders used them as a basis for our laws.
b)
System of social, economic, and political organizations in which a politically weak king or queen shared power with the nobility.
c)
A law that limited the English monarch's power to tax people without the consent of Parliament and guaranteed certain rights to English subjects.
d)
Rights that cannot be taken or given away.
8.
Magna Carta
a)
Laws unwritten and written that people in England followed. The Founders used them as a basis for our laws.
b)
System of social, economic, and political organizations in which a politically weak king or queen shared power with the nobility.
c)
This document is a landmark in the history of limited constitutional government. It was agreed by King John of England
d)
The British legislature, which consists of two houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
9.
Natural Law
a)
To officially put an end to
b)
System of social, economic, and political organizations in which a politically weak king or queen shared power with the nobility.
c)
Stands out; clear, obvious, plain
d)
Unchanging rules that control human relations believed to have come from God by the Founders.
10.
Writs of assistance
a)
To officially put an end to
b)
The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries.
c)
Documents giving a governmental authority the power to search and seize property without restrictions.
d)
Unchanging rules that control human relations believed to have come from God by the Founders.
11.
abolish
a)
To formally put an end to
b)
Colonists who opposed American independent and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
c)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
d)
Easy for anyone to see; obvious
12.
patriots
a)
To formally put an end to
b)
Colonists who opposed American independent and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
c)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
d)
Easy for anyone to see; obvious
13.
Loyalists
a)
To formally put an end to
b)
Colonists who opposed American independent and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
c)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
d)
Easy for anyone to see; obvious
14.
self-evident
a)
To formally put an end to
b)
Colonists who opposed American independent and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
c)
Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
d)
Easy for anyone to see; obvious
15.
Natural Law
a)
A higher, unchanging set of rules believed by the Founders to have come from “Nature and Nature’s God”
b)
Fundamental rights that every person has that cannot be taken away by government.
16.
Unalienable rights
a)
A higher, unchanging set of rules believed by the Founders to have come from “Nature and Nature’s God”
b)
Fundamental rights that every person has that cannot be taken away by government.
17.
diplomacy
a)
The first gunfire that opened the firing for the American Revolutionary War
b)
Betrayal on one’s country, especially by giving aid to an enemy in wartime or by plotting to overthrow the government
c)
The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries
d)
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
18.
petition
a)
The first gunfire that opened the firing for the American Revolutionary War
b)
Betrayal on one’s country, especially by giving aid to an enemy in wartime or by plotting to overthrow the government
c)
The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries
d)
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
19.
“The shot heard ‘round the world”
a)
The first gunfire that opened the firing for the American Revolutionary War
b)
Betrayal on one’s country, especially by giving aid to an enemy in wartime or by plotting to overthrow the government
c)
The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries
d)
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
20.
treason
a)
The first gunfire that opened the firing for the American Revolutionary War
b)
Betrayal on one’s country, especially by giving aid to an enemy in wartime or by plotting to overthrow the government
c)
The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries
d)
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she believes are needed
21.
Popular sovereignty
a)
The natural rights concept that ultimate political authority rests with the people
b)
The right of a branch of government to reject a bill that has been passed in an effort to delay or prevent its enactment.
22.
veto
a)
The natural rights concept that ultimate political authority rests with the people
b)
The right of a branch of government to reject a bill that has been passed in an effort to delay or prevent its enactment.
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