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WorksheetsPMA 1 Review - 7th Grade Civics - Ms. Diaz
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 41mins
Which two big ideas belonged to Baron Montesqueiu?
Natural Rights and Natural Law
Separation of Powers and Judicial Review
Checks & Balances and Separation of Powers
Common Sense and Declaration of Independence
Common Sense would convince colonists to do what?
Boycott English Goods
Support Declaring Independence
Voting For New Members of Parliament
Destroying English Tea
An example of Checks and Balances would be ...
The Legislative Branch limiting the power of the Judicial Branch
The people agreeing to be ruled by the king
The people voting for a President
John Locke limiting the writings of The King
Which Enlightenment ideas can be seen in a democratic government, like the one here in the United States?
Separation of Powers
Universal Income
Natural Rights
Checks & Balances
Which big idea came from the Magna Carta?
Self-Government
Boycott
Rule of Law
Limited Government
Which enlightenment thinker would agree that the people should revolt if the government doesn't keep it's social contract?
Baron Montesqiueu
John Quincy Adams
John Locke
Aristotle
Which document would be an example of self-government?
Cato's Letters
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
The English legislature that would enforce various taxes on the colonists is called ...
Congress
Cabinet
Legislature
Parliament
What was the main idea of the Declaration of Independence?
to complain about Parliament
to explain to the King why the colonies were great
to "break up" with England
to establish the new United States government
All the acts below increased taxes on various items except ...
The Sugar Act
The Declaratory Act
The Townshend Revenue Act
The Stamp Act
The First Continental Congress would form as a response to ...
The King's power
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
The Proclamation of 1763
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Steve Bluesclue
John Adams
Which system of government does the United States have today?
Parliamentary
Federal
Democracy
Confederal
Which statement below is the best modern day example of John Locke's idea of 'social contract'?
The President delivering the State of the Union address.
Lawmakers creating public health laws.
People protesting unfair or unjust actions by the government.
The US military defending our country from foreign invaders.
Which statement below is an example of Locke's idea of natural rights today?
The law making process promotes trade interest.
The establishment of oligarchies preserves natural rights.
Colonies have been restored to ensure religious freedom.
Any individual accused of a crime is provided due process.
The government focusing on public health by safeguarding and improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of the community as a whole is a modern day example of what Enlightenment idea?
Social Contract
Separation of Powers
Rule of Law
Self-Government
Rule of Law refers to the idea that no one is above the law because the law should be ...
transparent.
applied consistently to everyone
open to interpretation
understanding of what all people want
Which system of government does the United States have today?
Federal (Shared Power with States & Central Government)
Confederal (All Power with States)
Unitary (All Power with Central Government)
Representative Democracy
The idea that "no one is above the law" best describes which term?
rule of law
due process
natural rights
trial by jury
Thomas Paine wrote which document?
Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
US Constitution
English Bill of Rights
Which two historical documents limited the power of the King?
Magna Carta
Common Sense
English Bill of Rights
The US Constituition
In a Confederal system, majority of the power is located where?
in the central government
in the independent states
in both the central and state governments
in the parliament
If the national government and the states share power, what system is this government apart of?
Federal
Confederal
Representative Democracy
Monarchy
If both the legislative and the executive branches are elected by the people, which form of government does this country use?
Communism
Oligarchy
Autocracy
Representative Democracy
An all powerful dictator would best fit in which form of government?
Socialism
Direct Democracy
Autocracy
Oilgarchy
In which form of government is the power always inherited?
Democracy
Monarchy
Socialism
Autocracy
What do a republic and a direct democracy have in common?
rule by a single political party
rule by the people
a small group of leaders
a single leader
Which form of government would be led by the person in the image?
Monarchy
Democracy
Theocracy
Communism
Why would a unitary system not be the best option for the Founding Fathers who created our government?
A unitary system would be too powerful.
A unitary system would share power.
A unitary system would give too much power to the states.
A unitary system would create a new king.
What is the name of the governing body that makes the laws?
executive
legislature
judiciary
tyranny
In the Declaration of Natural Rights in the Declaration of Independence, you will find this phrase ...
Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness
Life, Liberty, and Love
Happiness, Love, and Life
Liberty, Freedom, and Life
This is the part of the Declaration of Independence where the colonists listed all their complaints about the English Government like housing British troops.
The Preamble
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Natural Rights
The List of Grievances
Why did the colonists create this image?
To show their support of the new tax policy.
To show their opposition of the new tax policy.
To symbolize death.
To show their opposition to the King limiting their freedom of the press.
If King George is abusing his power, he is a
President
Democratic Man
Tyrant
meanie
"“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.”
This quote is from which part of the Declaration of Independence?
The Preamble
The Declaration of Natural Rights
The List of Grievances
The Resolution of Independence
Which act forced colonists to house British soldiers?
The Quartering Act
The Townshend Revenue Act
The Tea Act
The Proclamation of 1763
Select two documents that would limit the power of the king:
Magna Carta
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
Cato's Letters
Which vocabulary word relates best with the following statement:
"The emails of government employees at the federal, state, county, and city level are public record and any person can access them."
Federalism
Rule of Law
Freedom of the Press
Separation of Powers
Which two societies influenced the US to include civics participation in our government?
Ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient Rome and China
Aztecs and Mayans
Ancient Greece and India
Select all the options below that influenced the creation of the US Government.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Judeo-Christian Ideas
Ancient China
Hindi Ideas
The principle of _______ meant that all of Rome’s citizens would be treated equally.
representative democracy
checks and balances
rule of law
civic participation
The diagram below shows the impact of an important tradition.
Which of the following phrases BEST completes the diagram above?
Voting rights
Separation of Powers
Ethical ideas of justice
Representative government
Use the quote below to answer the following question.
Our government does not copy the laws of our neighbors. Instead, it serves as an example to them. We are called a democracy because our government is in the hands of the many and not the few…
Pericles, the leader of ancient Athens, 430 B.C.
How did the idea mentioned in this quote influence the founding of America’s constitutional republic?
It influenced the creation of a system of checks and balances
It influenced the creation of an autocratic leader that has all political power
It influenced the creation of a representative democracy form of government
It influenced the creation of a direct democracy where citizens have the final say
A principle right of all Americans to exercise their religion freely
Consent of the Governed
Religious Liberty
Checks and Balances
Natural Rights
a government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Common Sense
How did the Magna Carta, Common Sense, and the English Bill of Rights help to change colonists beliefs?
made them believe that self gov.= independence
made them believe that self gov.= supporting Britain
made them believe that self gov.= limited monarchy
made them believe that self gov.= rule of law
a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Common Sense
What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
to limit the power of the King of England
to establish a self-government in Massachusetts by the Pilgrims
to expand the rights of the nobility and protect the rights of the people
to convince the American colonists to support being independent from England
Define Articles of Confederation.
1st Constitution of The United States
A law of a city or county
A group of state governments
2nd Constitution of The United States
Define Constitution.
a list of freedoms and legal protections
a league of friendship among states
a detailed, written plan for government
a document declaring independence
Which of the following would be included in the Constitution to fix a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A Bill of Rights
A Document to Deregulate Trade
The addition of a 13/13 approval process
Allowing the Federal Government to collect taxes.
The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation would lead to the creation of what?
more taxes!
more rules!
tyranny!
a new constitution!
Which event came first?
Creating the Articles of Confederation
Declaring Independence from England
Shays' Rebellion
Constitutional Convention
When creating their new government, the colonists went with the Articles of Confederation because it was the ______ of the tyranny they were under with King George and the British parliament.
same
opposite
Which of the following decisions about the Articles of Confederation was made because of the unfair 'taxation without representation' colonists experienced while under the rule of the British Parliament?
creating a government that required 13/13 votes to change it
creating a government without a central government
creating a government without the power to tax
creating three branches and enforcing separation of powers
Why did the Framers make the Articles of Confederation so weak?
Because they wanted the opposite model of government than what they had under the King.
Because they wanted to ensure fair trials.
Because they wanted to create their own military.
Because they wanted less taxes.
