WorksheetsCivics Ch. 2 Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The economy of the New England Colonies depended mostly on cash crops.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Most early colonists were loyal to England and valued their rights as English subjects.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The distance between the colonies and England made it difficult for colonists to have a say in English government.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which of the following was the result of the Magna Carta?
a)
increased power for monarchs
b)
creation of the House of Burgesses
c)
protection of landholders’ (citizens) rights
d)
settlement of America
5.
An agreement or contract among a group of people is a
a)
duty
b)
compact.
c)
natural right
6.
The Mayflower Compact was a
a)
document that limited the power of the monarchy.
b)
letter that the colonists sent to King George III.
c)
pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.
d)
written plan for government.
7.
In which colonies did the plantation system develop?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
8.
At the First Continental Congress, colonists
a)
declared war on Great Britain.
b)
demanded that King George III restore their rights.
c)
ended the boycott of British goods.
d)
signed the Declaration of Independence.
9.
Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu
a)
argued that the laws of nature also applied to human life and society.
b)
did not believe that the laws of the universe could be discovered.
c)
invested in the Virginia Company.
d)
rebelled against King John of England, who had treated them harshly
10.
A government in which citizens hold the power to rule is a _____________________________.
a)
monarchy
b)
democracy
c)
dictatorship
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