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WorksheetsUnit 2 Review: The Enlightenment and Influential Documents
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins
Baron de Montesquieu
Separation of powers
Four branches of government
Freedom of Speech
Freedom oof Religion
John Locke
Natural Rights
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
Right to bear arms
LIfe, Liberty and Property
Locke
Diderot
Voltaire
Freedom of Speech
The picture represents Montesquieu idea of...
Checks and balances
Government corruption
Gridlock
Freedom of voting
►an agreement between people and their government, in which people give up some things in return for the benefit of having government.
Social Contract
The Purge
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
•The following ideas come from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. Which most closely relates to the work of John Locke?
•speedy and public trial
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
•Freedom of speech and the press
Innocent until proven guilty
Which of these statements is most likely to be made by a proponent of natural law and natural rights?
God grants monarchs the authority to rule and the duty to give people their rights.
People are irrational, so science is useless in figuring out human behavior.
History teaches that individual freedom is an impossible goal.
Government does not grant rights; it protects them.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . . .”— The Declaration of Independence
Which Enlightenment thinker most directly influenced the notion expressed in this passage?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jacques Bossuet
Baron de Montesquieu
An agreement by which people give up their freedoms for an organized society.
laissez-faire
natural rights
social contract
natural law
Rights that belong to all humans at birth
laissez-faire
natural rights
social contract
natural law
According to Enlightenment thinker John Locke, why are governments created?
God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
People set up governments to protect their lives and property
Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church
Under the idea of the "consent of the governed," what happens if government fails to protect the peoples' rights?
Nothing, people must obey the government
The people would have a right to revolt
The people would be returned to a state of nature
People would be forced to enter into a social contract
Why is "Rule of Law" important in a democracy?
it maintains order
in protects the citizens by ensuring no one is above the law
it limits the government
it protects the citizens from tyranny
all of the above
When it comes to Equal Application of the Law.....
Everybody is above the law and the judicial systems treats everyone the same.
Only politicians are above the law - everyone else is treated the same.
Nobody is above the law, not even elected officials and the judicial system treats everyone the same.
Which describes a component of rule of law?
consistent application
enforcement of the law
decisions based on the law
all of the above
In rule of law, we are ruled by
man
laws
a few men
the President
News article, "Miami Ex-Officer Gets 2 Years' Prison for Gambling Bribes, " www.cbslocal.com, May 17, 2015
Based on the title of this article what can we say
Leaders and government officials are held accountable to the law.
Leaders and government officials are not accountable to the law.
There is no transparency of institutions.
The laws are not legitimate.
After sentencing a thief to 5 years of hard labor for stealing potatoes at the market the judge finds the town mayor waiting his his office. The mayor had a problem at the market, too. He lost his temper with a vendor because of the vendor's high prices. The mayor broke things in the vendor's shop and broke the vendor's arm. Because of the mayor's position, the judge agrees to overlook the offense. Which rule of law principle is the judge mostly not adhering to?
legitimacy
checks and balances
equal application of the law
The Mayflower Compact is the first example in America of _____.
divine oversight of government
popular sovereignty
democratic self-government
constitutional monarchy
This writing was published during the American Revolution and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.
Rights of man
The American Crisis
Common Sense
Thomas Paine was...
A supporter of the American Revolution
Against the American Revolution
Wrote propaganda against the American government
Wrote propaganda for the British government
·Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...
explain to Britain why they should end the quartering act
influence more people to join the independence movement.
to join the Loyalist party
abide by the Intolerable acts
Pick the modern English translation for the following excerpt: “I have heard it asserted by some, that as America hath flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, the same connection is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the same effect. Nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument.”
“There is nothing positive that will come from staying connected to Great Britain.”
“Maybe all along the only reason Great Britain cared for us was for HER benefit!”
“How can a tiny country like Great Britain be expected to care for such a large nation like America. It just doesn’t make sense. It should be the other way around.”
“Some people believe that the colonies have and will always benefit from Great Britain but I couldn’t disagree more with that statement.”
Pick the modern English translation for the following excerpt: “But Britain is the parent country, say some. Then the more shame upon her conduct. Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families…
“Some people believe that the colonies have and will always benefit from Great Britain but I couldn’t disagree more with that statement
“Maybe all along the only reason Great Britain cared for us was for HER benefit!”
“Don’t call Great Britain our caretaker – they’ve been abusive to us!”
“There is nothing positive that will come from staying connected to Great Britain.”
“I challenge the warmest advocate for reconciliation, to show a single advantage that this continent can reap, by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge; not a single advantage is derived.
“There is nothing positive that will come from staying connected to Great Britain.”
“Maybe all along the only reason Great Britain cared for us was for HER benefit!”
“We need to be free NOW before things get any worse. If we wait, it will only be harder.”
“Some people believe that the colonies have and will always benefit from Great Britain but I couldn’t disagree more with that statement.”
“Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet.”
“We need to be free NOW before things get any worse. If we wait, it will only be harder.”
“Some people believe that the colonies have and will always benefit from Great Britain but I couldn’t disagree more with that statement.”
“Maybe all along the only reason Great Britain cared for us was for HER benefit!”
“How can a tiny country like Great Britain be expected to care for such a large nation like America. It just doesn’t make sense. It should be the other way around.”
“Nothing but independence…can keep the peace of the continent…A government of our own is our natural right: and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power…”
“How can a tiny country like Great Britain be expected to care for such a large nation like America. It just doesn’t make sense. It should be the other way around.”
“We need to be free NOW before things get any worse. If we wait, it will only be harder.”
“There is nothing positive that will come from staying connected to Great Britain.”
“Maybe all along the only reason Great Britain cared for us was for HER benefit!”
Which principle did the Mayflower Compact establish?
right to petition govt
rule of law
govt has power through consent of the governed
taxation by consent
Which of the documents was written first?
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Common Sense
Which one called the British king a tyrant and said he had abused his power?
Mayflower Compact
Common Sense
English Bill of Rights
The Enlightenment
Who said it was absurd for an island to control a whole continent?
John Locke
King John
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Which one established self-government in the American colonies?
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Social Contract
Mayflower Compact
Which one included free speech and the right to bear arms?
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
The Enlightenment
Mayflower Compact
Which was signed by an English King?
Mayflower Compact
Social Contract
Common Sense
Magna Carta
Where was Common Sense written?
England
The American Colonies
Which documents influenced colonists views on government?
Magna Carta, Iroquois Constitution, Common Sense
Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Common Sense
Common Sense, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of the Rights of Man
Virginia Declaration of Rights, Common Sense, Bill of Rights
The Magna Carta is important for establishing which of the following?
an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth
the principle of limited government
the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment
the Virginia Company
The Mayflower Compact was a
document that limited the power of the monarchy
letter that the colonists sent to King George III
pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
written plan of government
A government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by members of the English Parliament in 1689
Magna Carta
Common Sense
English Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
How did Common Sense influence the Declaration of Independence?
by using most of the language and format of the Declaration
by persuading the Continental Congress to meet and discuss independence
by introducing many of the ideas the Declaration later expressed
by suggesting authors who could write the Declaration
A purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to explain
the problems the colonists had with British rule.
the reasons colonists formed the Continental Congress.
why some colonists refused to boycott British goods.
why the colonies had the Boston Tea Party.
Which is not an influence of Ancient Greece seen in the US today?
Written Constitution
Democracy
States
Universal suffrage
