1. Choose the best title for a shared government system.

2. You have a grievance with a law passed in your town that you don’t think is fair to everyone. If you were an activist, which would you be LEAST likely to do?

3. Which idea would John Locke NOT support?

4. The Declaration of Independence included these complaints: Taxation without representation, Limiting judicial powers, Dissolving local lawmaking bodies. Which 2 complaints should be added to this list?

5. Marsha sat in a meeting hall, listening to different candidates debate about their positions on issues. On Election Day, she voted for the candidate she thought was best for the senate position. What form of government does Marsha have?

6. Why does the Constitution describe checks and balances and the separation of powers?

7. According to his quote, Montesquieu demonstrates which guiding principle of our Constitution? “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body…, there can be no liberty…”

8. Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could not enforce or interpret laws, so how many branches of government does the Articles of Confederation have?

9. Where can one find a description of a U.S. citizen’s civil liberties/rights, what group supported them?

10. Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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