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PRACTICE 2 IDEAS USED IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Authored by Merry Childers
Social Studies
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The quote below is from a historical document
"A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
How does this quote reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Founding Fathers?
They created a limited monarchy.
They supported individual liberties.
They had reservations about self-government.
They were concerned with property rights.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the following excerpt from On the Spirit of Laws, by Baron de Montesquieu, and answer the question below.
"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."
Source: Public Domain\ ucs.louisiana.edu
Which aspect of the U.S. Constitution shows the influence of Montesquieu on the Founding Fathers?
dividing power between two legislative bodies of government
separating power among three branches of government
balancing power between the people and the government
dividing power between the state and national government
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Ancient Rome introduced the concept of:
Indirect democracy
Republic - a democracy where representatives make decisions for citizens.
The idea that a code of law should be applied to all citizens
The 3 branches of government
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Type of government where the power of the government is given to the people, first used in Greece.
Olympics
Phalanx
Democracy
Agora
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"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
Which political idea was influenced by this provision of the Magna Carta?
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following MOST provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
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