WorksheetsCivics EOC Review Questions
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is John Locke?
Enlightenment Thinker
Founding Father
What are natural rights?
life, liberty, property
freedom of expression
Explain the idea of the social contract.
Give up rights for government protection.
self-government
What is the difference between John Locke’s idea of natural rights and Thomas Jefferson?
life, liberty, and property v. life, liberty, and unalienable rights
representative democracy and consent of the governed
Who is Montesquieu?
Enlightenment Thinker
Framer
What is the constitutional principle of separation of powers?
government divided into parts
checks and balances
How did the idea of separation of powers influence James Madison?
3 branches
limited government
What was the Enlightenment?
period of new ideas
religious ideas
Natural Law
born with rights
state of nature
How did the Enlightenment ideas impact the founding father's beliefs on government?
power to the people
authoritarian
What is the Magna Carta?
limited government, rule of law, due process
consent of governed
What ideas were taken from the English Bill of Rights?
1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th amendments
natural rights
Which document gave the founding fathers the idea of self-government?
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense influenced the colonist to do what?
support American independence
support federalism
Limited Monarchy
(a)
Self-government
government for the people, by the people
dictatorship
How did earlier documents influence colonist view on government?
people rule and power divided
sovereign
Which document declared independence from Great Britain?
Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
