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CE.2a & B Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which principle is defined as the people rule?

a)

consent of the governed

b)

limited government

c)

rule of law

d)

democracy

2.

The government and those who govern are bound by law (no one is above the law)

a)

rule of law

b)

limited government

c)

democracy

d)

representative government

3.

People are the source of any and all governmental power.

a)

consent of the governed

b)

rule of law

c)

democracy

d)

limited government

4.

Government is not all powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do.

a)

consent of the governed

b)

limited government

c)

democracy

d)

rule of law

5.

A city elects a city council to create laws for its citizens

a)

rule of law

b)

consent of the governed

c)

limited government

d)

representative government

6.

People give their "permission" to the government by voting.

a)

limited government

b)

rule of law

c)

consent of the governed

d)

representative government

7.

“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senate shall have one vote.”

-       Seventeenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution

a)

Representative government

b)

Democracy

c)

Consent of the governed

d)

Limited Government

8.
People rule in a ________________
a)
Representative Government
b)
Democracy 
c)
Consent of Governed
d)
Limit Government
9.
Limited Government is best defined as:
a)
the government is not all powerful
b)
people rule
c)
people are the source of government power
d)
citizens elect officials to make laws 
10.

Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists.

a)

Charters of the Virginia Company of London

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Articles of Confederation

e)

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

11.

Served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America.

a)

Charters of the Virginia Company of London

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Articles of Confederation

e)

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

12.

Stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions.

a)

Charters of the Virginia Company of London

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Articles of Confederation

e)

Virginia Statute for Religious

13.

established for the 1st time the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law and gave Englishmen basic rights & freedoms.

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Constitution

14.

Select the three unalienable rights that the Declaration of Independence gives:

a)

Life

b)

Due Process

c)

Equality

d)

Liberty

e)

Pursuit of Happiness

15.

CE.2b: How did the Declaration of Independence address the King of England?

a)

It stated how well the King treated the colonists

b)

It stated grievances against the King

c)

It stated the colonies wanted to take over England

d)

It stated the colonies wanted taxed from England