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Civics Quarter One and Two

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is the type of government that is utilized by the US...
a)
A: Democracy
b)
I: Direct Democracy
c)
O: theocracy
d)
E: Representative Democracy
2.
Which political philosopher believed in the separation of powers?
a)
T: Baron de Montesquieu
b)
R: Thomas Hobbes
c)
P: John Locke
d)
L: Adam Sanders
3.
This term means “without government”. 
a)
M: Monarchy
b)
E: Calligraphy 
c)
K: Anarchy
d)
Y: Democracy
4.
A civic _______ is something you should do, while a civic _________ is something you HAVE TO do
a)
G: right/demand
b)
E: Duty/Responsibility
c)
H: responsibility/Duty
d)
L: response/deliberation
5.

In a __________ democracy, citizens are involved into the day-to-day workings of the government.

a)

Indirect

b)

Direct

c)

Representative

d)

Monarchy

6.

What are the "Natural Rights" according to John Locke

a)

Life, Liberty, and Property

b)

Life, Liberty, and Money

c)

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness

d)

Life, death, and property

7.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp and Sugar Acts?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
8.
After the Boston Tea Party...
a)
England did not tax the colonists
b)
King George surrendered
c)
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts
9.

What is mercantilism?

a)

the Stamp Act

b)

when the Mother Country (England) benefits off its colonies

c)

Policies that kept the colonists from housing British soldiers

d)

Leaving the colony alone to govern itself

10.
Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress couldn't collect taxes
b)
Weak central government
c)
Provided for no common currency
d)
All of the these
11.
Daniel Shays' rebellion showed that:
a)
the government under the Articles of Confederation could not keep control of its citizens
b)
the government should be able to defend our citizens from Great Britain again
c)
the government needs to protect the citizens from Native American attacks
12.

What solves the issue of "can slaves be counted?" in the new nations population count?

a)

The 3/5ths Compromise

b)

The 1/2 Compromise

c)

The 3/4ths Compromise

d)

The 4/4 Compromise

13.

Which compromise created a two house legislature with one house based on population and one house with equal representation?

a)

Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Virginia Plan

14.
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were trying to answer the question...
a)
"Should slaves be counted for representation and taxation?
b)
"How should states be represented in Congress?"
15.
Government which controls every aspect of public and private life. 
a)
Republic
b)
Totalitarian
c)
Theocracy
d)
Democracy
16.

What assembly started a tradition of a representative/ legislative government in the English colonies?

a)

The Great Council

b)

the House of Commons

c)

the House of Lords

d)

the Virginia House of Burgesses

17.

From 1690 to 1760, Parliament and the king of England allowed colonists in America to exercise a great deal of control over local and regional matters. Historians have described this practice as “salutary neglect.”


Which of the following happened as a direct result of this policy?

a)

The colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government.

b)

Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies.

c)

The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense.

d)

Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries.

18.

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

a)

It limited the power of future colonial governments.

b)

It weakened the influence of religion in government.

c)

It established the first form of self-government based on majority rule and self government in the colonies

d)

It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government.

19.

Thomas Paine was...

a)

A supporter of the American Revolution

b)

Against the American Revolution

c)

Wrote propaganda against the American government

d)

Wrote propaganda for the British government

20.

Navigation Acts

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

21.
The Great Compromise called for a house of representatives and a Senate which is called-
a)
bicameral
b)
unicameral
c)
one camel
d)
Three camels
22.
A _____________ colony was one in which the monarch granted sole ownership or rule of the colony to a family or an individual.
a)
Royal
b)
Proprietary
c)
Charter
d)
Constitutional
23.
The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are most closely associated with
a)
abuses by absolute monarchs
b)
establishment of religious toleration
c)
steps toward colonial self-government
d)
adoption of universal suffrage