WorksheetsInfluences on American Government
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Leviathan
The first document in England to take power from the King and give it to a representative body.
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Code of Hammurabi
The Social Contract
Which did Rome have that Greece did not?
Small Territory
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Monarchy
Which did Rome and Greece have IN COMMON?
Large Territory
People elected other citizens to represent the in the government
Small Territory
Democracy
Which is something that both the U.S. Constitution and Magna Carta have in common?
Guarantee freedom
Guarantees limited government
Creates Direct Democracy
Guarantees absolute power to the government
A 'social contract' is an agreement between a government and its
Leaders
three branches of government
citizens
immigrant population
If citizens feel that the Social Contract between the them and the government has been broken, what do the have the right to do?
Petition the government
Cause Anarchy
Burn the Capital to the ground
Revolt against the government
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are what type of rights?
Born Rights
Given Rights
Natural Rights
Earned Right
The agreement that citizens will consent to be governed so long as government protects their natural rights is called ________.
the divine right of kings
the social contract
a bill of rights
due process
Which of the following provided a fairly specific model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed.
Public Policies
Due Process
Federalism
Republicanism
Which of the following is most closely associated with Machiavellian thought?
Disregard for human life
Natural rights
Ruling by instilling fear
Protection of individual rights
Which grievance best reflects the colonists’ anger at being taxed without representation?
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly.
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world.
What grievance is reflected in the complaint: “For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury”?
Colonists were denied a fair judicial process.
Colonists were denied religious freedom.
Colonists had to pay taxes without consent.
Colonists were forced into military service.
The colonists objected to the King “keeping Standing Armies among us, in times of peace, without the Consent of our legislatures” because
They thought it would lower taxes.
They believed armies should only be raised during war.
They feared foreign invasion.
They wanted British generals to lead their militias.
The list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence served what main purpose?
To outline future U.S. laws
To persuade colonists and foreign nations of the King’s abuses
To propose a new constitution immediately
To call for peace negotiations with Britain
