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WorksheetsC/E Week 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that the people have the right to overthrow a tyrannical government?
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
When the Government is dissolved, the People are at liberty to provide for themselves, by erecting a new Legislative... as they shall find it most for their safety and good.
—John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government, 1690
What BEST explains how this idea influenced United States government?
It encouraged people to ignore any laws that they dislike.
It asserted people’s right to form a government that suits their needs.
It supported the supremacy of federal laws over laws passed in the states.
It proposed the division of government powers into three separate branches.
Which political philosopher’s ideology MOST influenced Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Machiavelli
Locke
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
—The Declaration of Independence
Which statement BEST summarizes the passage?
Governments create people's rights
Rights existed before governments
People must give up rights
People only have the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of [people's rights], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government . . . —The Declaration of Independence, 1776
This excerpt is based on which philosophical argument?
rule of law
civil disobedience
social contract theory
divine right of kings
Which statement identifies an idea present in the Declaration of Independence?
Government should have unlimited authority to guarantee basic rights
The people can overthrow a government that fails to protect basic rights
Government should be based on a written constitution
The people can increase government authority to expand basic rights
"When the legislative and executive . . . are united in the same person, there can be no liberty..."
—Spirit of Laws, Baron de Montesquieu, 1748
Which U.S. constitutional principle was influenced by this idea?
separation of powers
popular sovereignty
legal equality
unalienable rights
Which aspect of the U.S. Constitution reflects the influence of Baron de Montesquieu?
the reservation of powers to the states and the people
the ability of the people to vote on laws and representatives
the separation of the federal government into three branches
the establishment of a federal system of government
Which power did the Articles of Confederation deny the national government?
levy taxes
print money
declare war
establish a postal system
Which document was adopted to address the problems with the Articles of Confederation?
Northwest Ordinance
Olive Branch Petition
United States Constitution
Albany Plan of Union
