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Vocabulary: Influences on the Constitution

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Social Contract

a)

the people agree to give up some freedoms in exchange for protection from the goverment

b)

provided for three branches of government

c)

a state of complete freedom with no rules

d)

natural rights

2.

Separation of powers

a)

the people agree to give up some freedoms in exchange for protection from the goverment

b)

provided for three branches of government

c)

a state of complete freedom with no rules

d)

natural rights

3.

state of nature

a)

the people agree to give up some freedoms in exchange for protection from the goverment

b)

provided for three branches of government

c)

a state of complete freedom with no rules

d)

natural rights

4.

life, liberty, and property

a)

the people agree to give up some freedoms in exchange for protection from the goverment

b)

provided for three branches of government

c)

a state of complete freedom with no rules

d)

natural rights

5.

Thomas Hobbes

a)

English philosopher who wrote the "Leviathan"

b)

English philosopher who wrote "Two Treatises on Government"

c)

French philosopher who wrote "The Spirit of the Laws

d)

Swiss-born philosopher who wrote "The Social Contract"

6.

John Locke

a)

English philosopher who wrote the "Leviathan"

b)

English philosopher who wrote "Two Treatises on Government"

c)

French philosopher who wrote "The Spirit of the Laws

d)

Swiss-born philosopher who wrote "The Social Contract"

7.

Baron de Montesquieu

a)

English philosopher who wrote the "Leviathan"

b)

English philosopher who wrote "Two Treatises on Government"

c)

French philosopher who wrote "The Spirit of the Laws

d)

Swiss-born philosopher who wrote "The Social Contract"

8.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

a)

English philosopher who wrote the "Leviathan"

b)

English philosopher who wrote "Two Treatises on Government"

c)

French philosopher who wrote "The Spirit of the Laws

d)

Swiss-born philosopher who wrote "The Social Contract"

9.

Magna Carta

a)

The part of the Constitution where we find the Amendments

b)

The document that wrote down Roman law for the first time

c)

A Greek document that said everyone had the right to vote

d)

An English document that said everyone should be held accountable under the law

10.

Twelve Tables

a)

The part of the Constitution where we find the Amendments

b)

The document that wrote down Roman law for the first time

c)

A Greek document that said everyone had the right to vote

d)

An English document that said everyone should be held accountable under the law

11.

Rule of Law

a)

The idea that everyone is held accountable under the law, even leaders

b)

The document that wrote down Roman law for the first time

c)

A Greek document that said everyone had the right to vote

d)

An English document that said everyone should be held accountable under the law

12.

Ideas from which groups inspired the duties and powers of our House of Representatives and Senate?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

English

d)

Iriquois

13.

Which of the philosophers said there should be separation of powers?

a)

Hobbes

b)

Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau