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Government Chapter 2 Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government-

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Representative Government

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Communism

2.

When was the first time that the British tried to limit the power of the monarch?

a)

English Civil War

b)

The Hundred Year's War

c)

Petition of Rights 1628

d)

Magna Carta 1215

3.

In 1689 the English Bill of Rights set clear limits on who?

a)

All of Britain's subjects

b)

The colonists

c)

Parliament

d)

The king

4.

During the 1600s and 1700s, Europe went through a major intellectual movement known as?

a)

Reformation

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Enlightenment

d)

The Dark Ages

5.

Who gave us the idea of the Social Contract Theory?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Hobbs

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas

Jefferson

6.

John Locke argued that all people have what types of right?

a)

flexible

b)

inalienable

c)

natural

d)

human

7.

The natural rights Locke spoke of included: Life, Liberty, & _______

a)

Property

b)

Pursuit of Happiness

c)

Posterity

d)

Peace of Mind

8.

Under the Articles of Confederation, what type of legislature did we have?

a)

Bicameral

b)

Unicameral

c)

There was no legislative branch

d)

State legislature

9.

Which of these is NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

No national court system

b)

It began a policy to expand westward

c)

No executive branch

d)

Need 9/13 of the states' approval to enforce laws

10.

How long did the delegates decide to set a presidential term?

a)

2 years

b)

4 years

c)

6 years

d)

8 years

11.

What type of legislature did the New Jersey Plan have?

a)

Unicameral

b)

Bicameral

c)

No legislative branch

d)

Diametrical

12.

What is the name of the lower house in the Great Compromise?

a)

Whigs

b)

Senate

c)

House of Representatives

d)

House of Burgess

13.

Under the Commerce Compromise, when could the US government ban the slave trade?

a)

1812

b)

1865- after the Civil War

c)

1806

d)

1808

14.

What was the south's point of view with the representation of slaves in the new government?

a)

Wanted to count slaves for representation but not taxes

b)

Did not want slaves counted for rep. but count for taxes

c)

Count ⅗ of slaves for taxes and representation

d)

give the slaves their citizenship so they can vote

15.

How is representation based in the Senate?

a)

By which state sends the most delegates

b)

By population

c)

Through equal representation

d)

Who wins in Thumb War

16.
Who did the electoral college unanimously elect as the first president in 1789?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
17.
Who believed in a strong federal government?
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
Thomas Jefferson
18.

I did the following to prepare for my quiz(mark each one you did):

a)

Completed ALL my assignments

b)

Wrote all my notes for Chapter 2

c)

Listened to the recordings of each lesson (if you were at home)

d)

Carefully completed this Quizizz

e)

Studied my notes