Ch.2 - L.1 Reading Questions

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Social Studies

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8th Grade

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Hard

Dominic Dicarlo

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5 Slides • 13 Questions

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Why do people need government?

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is a government in which the people rule.

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Options (8)

Right to trial by peers

Equal treatment under the law

Right to own property

Right to sell property

Right to vote in federal elections

Right to free healthcare

Right to unlimited vacation days

Right to have a personal bodyguard provided by the state

What rights did the Magna Carta give landowners?

Rights given to landowners

Incorrect answers

Multiple Choice

How did the Magna Carta establish the principle of limited government?

established a system of direct democracy

eliminated all taxes imposed by the king

prohibited the king from doing certain things like taxing without consent

granted absolute power to the king

Multiple Choice

What did the Petition of Right do?

It abolished the monarchy in England.

It established a new legal system for the colonies.

It granted the king absolute power over his subjects.

It limited the powers of England's king and confirmed certain rights of the subjects.

Draw

Circle the sentences that help you understand what the Enlightenment was.

Multiple Select

What natural rights did John Locke believe all people had? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

life

freedom

own property

have a cell phone

Dropdown

According to John Locke, a

is an agreement between

and the

Open Ended

Describe the social contract between the government and the people. What do the people get? What do the people give up? What does the agree to protect?

Type response here

Multiple Select

What were the first two permanent English settlements in North America?

Jamestown

New York

Plymouth

Miami

Drag and Drop

The type of government the Plymouth Colony had was a

, while the Jamestown settlement had a

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

representative democracy

direct democracy

republic

absolute monarchy

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Options (14)

limited power of government

natural rights

democracy

social contract

ice cream

sports teams

space exploration

video games

fashion trends

social media

fast food

reality TV shows

representative democracy

English Bill of Rights

List the ideas that English colonists brought with them to North America.

ideas from English colonists

NOT IDEAS FROM ENGLISH COLONISTS

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Now that you have learned about the foundations of American democracy, why do people need government?

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