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Unit 2 Part 1 (1.1,1.2 & 1.3)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What Enlightenment idea did Montesquieu support?
a)
Right to a fair trial
b)
Freedom of Speech
c)
Freedom of Religion
d)
Separation of Powers
2.

What is the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by government?

a)

natural law

b)

social contract

c)

separation of powers

d)

consent of the governed

3.

An agreement among the people and the government is called a

a)

natural law

b)

separation of powers

c)

check

d)

social contract

4.

Which phrase below reflects John Locke's theory of social contract?

a)

Legislatures should have more power than a king

b)

Government should protect economic conditions

c)

The people should alter or abolish that government

d)

Monarchs could grant certain rights to their subjects

5.

What were John Locke's 3 natural rights?

a)

Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

b)

Live, Laugh, Love

c)

Life, Liberty, Property

d)

Life, Speech, Religion

6.
Which Enlightenment idea is represented by the image?
a)
separation of powers
b)
checks and balances
c)
social contract
d)
natural law
7.

Benchmark: SS.7.C.1.2 Complexity: DOK2

Thomas Paine mainly wrote Common Sense to

a)

Demand limited government

b)

Convince people to declare independence

c)

Illustrate the king’s oppression

d)

Expand the rights of the people

8.
Benchmark: SS.7.C.1.2 Complexity: DOK1
Which idea is from the Magna Carta?
a)
The people should be completely free from the government.
b)
The people should support a strong central government.
c)
The government should give people a fair and speedy trial.
d)
The government should have unlimited power to tax.
9.

What document that listed and expanded the rights of the people, and further limited the rights of the king?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Common Sense

10.

Which one established self-government in the American colonies?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Social Contract

d)

Mayflower Compact

11.

How did King George III and Parliament decide to deal with their debt problems after the French and Indian War?

a)

By selling off lands in North America

b)

By taxing the defeated French people

c)

By taxing the American colonists

d)

By selling off colonies in Asia

12.

Which phrase represented American colonists' opposistion to British taxes because they did not elect members of Parliament?

a)

No Representation without Taxation

b)

Taxation with Representation is Tyranny

c)

No Taxation without Representation

d)

Taxation and Representation are Tyranny

13.

Which act taxed printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Sugar Act

14.

Which act required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Tea Act

d)

Townshend Acts

15.

Which forms of colonial protest to British acts hurt Britain's economy most?

a)

Tarring and feathering of tax collectors

b)

Smuggling and boycotts

c)

Assemblies and petitions

d)

Riots and acts of civil disobedience