WorksheetsUnit 6: Quizziz Challenge
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3600secs
An agreement between people and the government is called:
This philosopher believed that government should be set up into three branches to help prevent people from abusing power.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wollstonecraft
John Locke
Baron de Montesquie
This enlightenment thinker believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?
Mill
Montesquieu
Locke
Hobbes
A period of time in the 18th century when new ideas were spread about how the world worked based on scientific facts and reason was called?
World War I
The Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
The Golden Age
This enlightenment thinker believed that the the British Government was the best form of government in the world because it had an executive (the King), a legislative branch (the Parliament) and a judicial branch (the courts)
Hobbes
Locke
Montesquieu
Voltaire
What influence did the Mayflower Compact have on how people in the colonies would view government?
They realized that ordinary people could govern themselves!
It created three separate branches of government
It provided for enumerated rights of the colonists
It called for a written constitution
In his pamphlet Common Sense Thomas Paine claimed the British King had treated the colonists unfairly. Which term best describes this action?
habeas corpus (being held against your will)
Being a tyrant
right to have a lawyer
right to bear arms
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..." -The Declaration of Independence, 1776
Which idea of government is described in this passage?
consent of the governed
limited government
habeas corpus
limited monarchy
Which correct list of founding documents influenced the colonists’ views of government?
Common Sense, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of the Rights of Man
Virginia Declaration of Rights, Common Sense, Bill of Rights
Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Common Sense
Magna Carta, Iroquois Constitution, Common Sense
The picture seen below was of which historical event?
The signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The signing of the Mayflower Compact
The creation of the US Constitution.
The signing of the Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta of 1215 is a very important document to the understanding of US Civics for which of the following reasons?
It guaranteed that all US citizens would have rights.
It established the idea that government power is and should be limited.
It established the idea of the US Constitution.
It directly lead to the Articles of Confederation.
"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by government"
This famous quote came from which historical document?
The US Constitution.
The Magna Carta
The Declaration of Independence.
The Articles of Confederation.
"To no one shall we deny, delay their right to justice"
This is a famous quote of which document?
The Declaration of Independence.
The Mayflower Compact.
The Magna Carta.
The Articles of Confederation.
What was the significance of the stamp on the colonial news papers.
It demonstrated that Parliament ignored the colonists concerns.
It demonstrated that Parliament controlled everything in the colonies
It represented that the colonists had no say in the taxes they were forced to pay.
It represented that the colonists supported staying a part of Great Britian.
The drawing above was from Benjamin Franklin during the 1750's in colonial America. What do you think is the message he was trying to communicate to the colonies?
That Britain was not supportive of the colonies.
That the colonies should either unite as one to fight the British or they will never be free.
That many colonist supported the British control over the colonies.
That the colonists didn't really care who was running the government.
Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act, which taxed good such as newspapers and playing cards in the colonies?
The colonists established a blockade against British goods.
The colonists were able to produce their own goods.
The colonists started destroying British goods.
The colonists began boycotting British goods.
What event is being portrayed in the picture above?
The Boston Tea Party
The American Revolution
The Boston Massacre
The beginning of the Civil War.
The image below is of which famous colonist?
Ben Franklin
Paul Revere
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Which phrase below became one of the best known phrases for why the colonists revolted?
Taxation without representation.
No Taxation Without Representation.
The British are Coming.
Give me Liberty or give me Death.
The English legislature that would enforce various taxes on the colonists is called ...
Congress
Cabinet
Legislature
Parliament
Which event happened first on the road to the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence is signed
The Intolerable Acts are passed
The First Continental Congress is formed
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
Which event was a response by the colonists to the Tea Act?
Boston Massacre
2nd Continental Congress
Boston Tea Party
Constitutional Convention
This is the part of the Declaration of Independence where the colonists listed all their complaints about the English Government like housing British troops.
The Preamble
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Natural Rights
The List of Grievances
Why did the colonists create this image?
To show their support of the new tax policy.
To show their opposition of the new tax policy.
To symbolize death.
To show their opposition to the King limiting their freedom of the press.
If King George is abusing his power, he is a
President
Democratic Man
Tyrant
meanie
Thomas Jefferson said this following quote:
" A Prince, whose character may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people"
What kind of ruler is a "tyrant"?
A cruel and unfair ruler.
A kind a fair ruler
A government that allows people to make choices.
A government that can be trusted.
Today, we have many examples of institutions in our world that promote universal human rights, just like our US Bill of Rights. One institution that does this is: (see image)
The European Union
The United Nations
The United States of Europe
The State of Alaska
What is the main theme of the following scenario:
In the year 1918 Poland declares independence for the first time.
In 1956, Poland is taken over by Russia
In 1991 Poland declares independence again
In 1991, the Ukraine also declares independence from Russia
In 2022, Russia invades the Ukraine and the Ukraine fights to protect independence.
Poland and Russia are a part of the same country.
The Ukraine never declared independence
Countries eventually declare independence.
No country has declared independence since 1918.
