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Unit 2 - The Beginnings of Democracy Part 1 Mr. Barth Review

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ancient civilization gave America the idea of representative government?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

England

d)

France

2.

What does the key term democracy means - “rule by __________ ?”

a)
the mob
b)
the monarch
c)
the president
d)
the people
3.

Which of the following would be a government by consent of the governed?

a)

community

b)

majority rule

c)

naturalization

d)

popular sovereignty

4.

What type of government is the people are the ultimate source of government power?

a)

monarchy

b)

dictatorship

c)

republic

d)

totalitarian state

5.

Ancient Greece was known for the idea of:

a)

Republic

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Spread of Judaism

d)

Written Laws

6.

In Ancient Greece, which group had the right to vote?

a)

Women

b)

Male Citizens

c)

Children

d)

Everybody

7.

The 12 Tables was a form of written law. What ancient civilization instituted the 12 Tables?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

England

d)

The 13 Colonies

8.

A form of government where a King or Queen (monarch) rules is known as a

a)

Democracy

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

9.

Where did the idea of a Senator come from?

a)

A citizen from Greece who votes directly for their representatives

b)

Rome, and they were elected to make laws

c)

The Colonies, where they created a bicameral house

d)

England, it was the higher house of lords

10.

Which of the following was an example of the first written law code with a set of consequences and punishments?

a)

Twelve Tables

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Hammurabi's Code

d)

The Mayflower Compact

11.

The concept of "An eye for an eye" comes from which historical document?

a)

Twelve Tables

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Hammurabi's Code

d)

The 10 Commandments

12.

Which of the following is where citizens elect representatives to make decisions for the people and they are responsible to the people?

a)

Individual Rights

b)

The Consent of the Governed

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Limited Government

13.

Athens was a democracy in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

a)

All citizens were responsible for justice

b)

All male citizens could attend the assembly

c)

The Council of 500 could propose laws

d)

Women had no political rights

14.

The British neglect of the political affairs of North American colonies resulted in...

a)

a reduction in the colonial defense by the British military

b)

the abolishment of slavery by many colonial governments

c)

an expansion of representative government in the colonies

d)

the introduction of new taxes by Parliament for improving colonial defenses

15.

How did the English Bill of Rights impact the colonial governments?

a)

It was a document that guaranteed more rights to the citizens, and it limited the power of the king

b)

It was a document that limited both the power of the king and nobles

c)

It was a document limiting the power of the people and the colonists wanted to copy it.

d)

It was a document neglecting colonies rights and liberties

16.

Which statement best explains the impact of the Mayflower Compact?

a)

It limited the power of future colonial governments.

b)

It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.

c)

It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government.

d)

It weakened the influence of religion in government.

17.

The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are most closely associated with...

a)

The abuses by absolute monarchs of Europe

b)

The establishment of religious toleration in both Europe and the colonies

c)

The colonies experimenting with self-government

d)

The adoption of slavery for all of the colonies

18.

How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut contribute to the expansion of representative democracy?

a)

It established elections.

b)

It required a loyalty oath.

c)

It created six positions for judges.

d)

It was made the highest law of the land.

19.

How did the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses lay a foundation for the future system of government in the United States?

a)

It allowed women the right to vote for representatives.

b)

It led to the drafting of the first written constitution in the colonies.

c)

It gave colonists a voice in their government for the first time.

d)

It established a clear separation between church and state.

20.

The Virginia House of Burgesses was important in the development of colonial America because it was the first attempt to...

a)

practice representative democracy

b)

start a plantation system of farming

c)

protest against mercantilism

d)

establish religious freedom

21.

Which principle is defined as the rule of the people?

a)

The Consent of the Governed

b)

Limited Government

c)

The Rule of Law

d)

Democracy

22.

Which of the following principles would support people are the source of any and all governmental power?

a)

The Consent of the Governed

b)

The Rule of Law

c)

Democracy

d)

Limited Government

23.

Which of the following would support government is not all powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do.

a)

The Consent of the Governed

b)

Limited Government

c)

Democracy

d)

The Rule of Law

24.

Which of the principles of democracy would support a Senator being pulled over for speeding?

a)

The Rule of Law

b)

Representative Government

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Limited Government

25.

Which of the principles of democracy would support why an officer could not search your car without a warrant?

a)

The Rule of Law

b)

Limited Government

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Representative Government

26.

Which principle would be people giving their "permission" to the government by voting.

a)

Limited Government

b)

The Rule of Law

c)

The Consent of the Governed

d)

Representative Government

27.

Which of the following would be a city elects a city council to create laws for its citizens?

a)

The Rule of Law

b)

The Consent of the Governed

c)

Limited Government

d)

Representative Government

28.

An elected Congress of the United States would most closely resembles which principle?

a)

The Rule of Law

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Representative Government

d)

Limited Government

29.

Which principle would represent all people, including those who govern, are bound by the same laws?

a)

The Rule of Law

b)

Limited Government

c)

Individual Rights

d)

The Consent of the Governed

30.
Which of the following best defines the principle of popular sovereignty?
a)
The powers of a government are limited by the people.
b)
Government is based on laws that apply to all the people.
c)
The ultimate source of governmental authority is the people.
d)
Elected leaders work through government to serve the people.
31.
This outlined the rights and duties of English nobles and set limits on the monarch's power.
a)

The Magna Carta

b)

The Mayflower Compact

c)

Hammurabi's Code

d)
Second Treatise on Government
32.

Which historical document first established a limited government in 1215?

a)

The Mayflower Compact

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Magna Carta

33.

Which of the following did the Magna Carta guarantee?

a)

Protection from illegal imprisonment

b)

Equal treatment under the law

c)

Limits on taxiation

d)

All of these statements

34.

Which of the following documents transferred a large portion of British Kings authority to Parliament?

a)

The Magna Carta

b)

The Petition of Rights

c)

The English Bill of Rights

d)

All of these English documents

35.

What right is guaranteed by the English Bill of Rights?

a)

The right to a fair trial

b)

The right to due process of law

c)

The right to petition the king

d)

All of the Above

36.

The Mayflower Compact established what form of government in the colonies?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Oligarchy

37.

The idea that government should be based on an established set of principles is known as?

a)

Majority Rule

b)

Constitutionalism

c)

Federalism

d)

Minority

38.

"No freeman shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, except by the lawful judgement of his peers." - Magna Carta, 1215. What political concept was influenced by this Magna Carta provision?

a)

Federalism

b)

Due Process

c)

Bicameral Legislature

d)

Social Contract

39.

Which of the following rights was established in the Magna Carta that Americans enjoy today?

a)

Freedom of speech

b)

Right to a jury trial

c)

Freedom of religion

d)

Freedom of the press

e)

All of these rights listed

40.

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

a)

Phillip II, King of Spain

b)

King Henry VIII of England

c)

Louis XVII, King of France

d)

King John of England

41.

Which U.S document was influenced by the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and the English Bill of Rights?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The U.S Constitution

c)

The Mayflower Compact

d)

None of these documents

42.

Which document stated that the king could not suspend Parliament's laws, impose taxes, or raise an army without Parliament’s consent? This document also stated that members of Parliament had to be freely elected, and it guaranteed the right to a fair trial by jury in court cases, and banned cruel and unusual punishments.

a)

The Magna Carta

b)

The American Bill of Rights

c)

The English Bill of Rights

d)

The Mayflower Compact

43.

Which document was inspired by the English Bill of Rights?

a)

The U.S Bill of Rights

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

None of these documents

44.

What does the name Magna Carta mean?

a)

The Great Charter

b)

Greater Rights

c)

The Great King

d)

Power of the People

45.

If the Magna Carta protected the English, which of the following would that include?

a)

Empower elected officials to protect English rights

b)

Restrict the King's power

c)

Establish a legislative body

d)

All of the these listed

46.

Which of the following would the Magna Carta symbolize?

a)

The King is not above the law.

b)

The English people should respect the Kings Divine Right

c)

The King has absolute power.

d)

All of these statements.

47.

The American colonies modeled many of their governments after...

a)

The English Parliament

b)

Absolutism

c)

The Roman Empire

d)

Sparta Greece

48.

Which of the following was the document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and the rights of the people?

a)

The Book of Common Law

b)

The English Bill of Rights

c)

The House of Burgess

d)

The Federalist Papers

49.

Which of the following is a right protected by the English Bill of Rights?

a)

The right to bear arms

b)

The right to a fair trial

c)

The right to freedom of speech

d)

All of the above

50.

Which of the following is a key principle of the English Bill of Rights?

a)

The king has the right to impose taxes without consent

b)

Members of Parliament are appointed by the king

c)

Subjects have the right to bear arms for their defence

d)

The king can suspend Parliament's laws

51.

Which of the following would be defined as: "The power of the government is limited by the constitution, and each branch is limited in what it can do"?

a)

Due Process

b)

Limited Government

c)

Self-Government

d)

Natural Rights

e)

The Rule of Law

52.

Which faith influenced ideas in American democracy and gave credence that individual rights were from divine origin

a)

Athenian Democracy

b)

Greek and Roman Mythology

c)

The Judeo-Christian Tradition

d)

Hammurabi's Code

53.

Which document was a set the laws that limited the power of government and gave all free men the right to choose people to serve as judges?

a)

The Mayflower Compact

b)

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

The Boston Tea Party

d)

The First Continental Congress

54.

Which of these documents guaranteed free elections to Parliament, the right to a fair trial, and elimination of cruel and unusual punishments?

a)

Colonial Town Meetings

b)

The Magna Carta

c)

Natural Rights

d)

The English Bill of Rights

55.

Refers to a broad set of ideas about representative government that can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome

a)

Communism

b)

Republicanism

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Monarchy

56.

Two chamber legislature

a)

Bicameral

b)

Two Camel

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Petition of Rights

57.

Which principle ensures that government power is restricted by law?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Limited Government

c)

Democracy

d)

Federalism

58.

Which concept is defined as the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Rule of Law

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Judicial Review

59.
Locke, Rousseau and Montesquieu belonged to which group?
a)

The Protestant Reformation

b)
British Parliament
c)

Framers of the Constitution

d)
Enlightenment Thinkers
60.
John Locke said that life, liberty and property are examples of...
a)

The Social Contract 

b)

The Separation of Powers

c)

Natural Rights 

d)

None of these statements

61.
Rousseau's social contract theory states that when a government abuses its power, the people...
a)
must obey and live with it
b)
should be punished 
c)
should pay their taxes 
d)
have the right to replace it
62.

Who created the idea of a separation of powers within government?

a)
Montesquieu
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Denis Diderot
63.
Which of the following quotes did Voltaire say?
a)
"I think, therefore, I am."
b)
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
c)
"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."
d)
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
64.

Which of the following describes the social contract theory as advanced by John Locke?

a)

It is an agreement in which the government promises to provide a minimum standard of living to citizens.

b)

It is an agreement in which the government promises to protect the natural rights of people.

c)

It is an agreement between economic elites to maintain a stable economy.

d)

It is an agreement in which the government outlines socially acceptable norms of political behavior.

65.

Which Enlightenment thinker famously advocated the separation of a government’s powers?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

Francois-Marie Arouet

66.

How did the Enlightenment philosophies, such as the separation of powers, influence the political revolutions of the eighteenth century?

a)

The ideas became the focus of debates between monarchs and parliaments.

b)

The ideas were used to create a series of slogans and mottos to rally the troops.

c)

The ideas were used by monarchs to argue against the changes

made by revolutionary leaders.

d)

The ideas became incorporated into constitutional documents

produced during the revolutions.

67.

Enlightenment philosophers challenged the divine right of kings when they proposed the idea of —

a)

The nation-state

b)

A social contract

c)

A fair working wage

d)

female political participation

68.
What is another name for the Enlightenment?
a)

The Age of Reason

b)

The Age of Great Philosophers

c)

The Age of Religion

d)

The Age of Revolution

69.
Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:
a)

A dictatorship

b)

A democracy

c)

An absolute monarchy

d)

All of these

70.
Locke's inalienable rights include...
a)

Life, Liberty, and Property

b)

Separation of Government, Checks and Balances, and Direct Democracy

c)

Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Bear Arms, and Freedom of Assemble

d)

All of the following statements

71.

Hobbes believed that humans are naturally-

a)

Good and caring

b)

Just and honest

c)

Cruel and selfish

d)

None of the following statements

72.

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

a)

power and privilege

b)

money and fame

c)

good looks and charm

d)

reason and logic

73.
The Enlightenment is considered a turning point in history because . . . 
a)
Europeans changed their ways of thinking about the role of government
b)
Martin Luther broke away from the Catholic Church
c)
The Columbian Exchange occured
d)
The factory system was used to mass-produce goods
74.

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were called-

a)

Priests

b)

Philosophers

c)

Heretics

d)

Enlightened Ones

75.
People in a society give up some of their rights in exchange for protection.
a)
Social Contract
b)
Enlightenment
c)
State of Nature
d)
Revolution
76.
Which of the following would NOT be an Enlightenment ideal?  
a)
one ruler should make laws
b)
the government should represent the people
c)
the government should be limited
d)
citizens should have their natural rights
77.

Who advocated for equal education for women?

a)

Wollstonecraft

b)

Hobbes

c)

Locke

d)

Voltaire

78.

He argued that people accused of crimes had certain rights, and he advocated abolishing torture.

a)

Locke

b)

Voltaire

c)

Wollstonecraft

d)

Beccaria

79.

The ability of branches of government to limit the power of other branches.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Separation of Church and State

c)

Freedom of Religion

d)

Checks and Balances

80.

Dividing power between different branches. Each branch as a separate job, and no one branch becomes too powerful.

a)

Freedom of Religion

b)

Popular Soverignty

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Capitalism

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