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What do we call the ideas that influenced the US Constitution?
a) Fundamental Political Principles
b) Government Facts
c) Religious Tenants
d) Philosophical Principles

What is rule #1?
a) Rule of Law
b) Consent of the Governed
c) Democracy
d) Limited Government

Rule of law
a) No one should be above the law.
b) Power comes from the people
c) the government cannot do anything it wants
d) The people will rule thru voting

democracy
a) No one should be above the law.
b) Power comes from the people
c) the government cannot do anything it wants
d) The people will rule thru voting

Limited Government
a) No one should be above the law.
b) Power comes from the people
c) the government cannot do anything it wants
d) The people will rule thru voting

Consent of the Governed
a) No one should be above the law.
b) Power comes from the people
c) the government cannot do anything it wants
d) The people will rule thru voting

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of democracy?
a) Individual rights
b) fairness
c) equality
d) voting

We elect people to vote for us
a) Limited Government
b) Representative Government
c) Rule of law
d) Consent of the governed

What principle is representative by the phrase - We the people - in the Constitution?
a) Rule of Law
b) Representative Democracy
c) Equality
d) Consent of the Governed

The fundamental political priciples ► ___________ ► US Constitution
a) basic ideas
b) significant documents
c) religious text
d) philosophies

Which is NOT true of the Magna Carta?
a) 1st significant document in modern western history
b) written in the year 1215
c) rule of law, right to a trial, and rich people have rights
d) universal suffrage and no torture

Which is NOT written in the Charter of the Virginia Company of London?
a) Contract for employees to work overseas (1607)
b) Extends the rights of Englishman into the New World
c) Representative Government
d) Right to bear arms

Which is not a part of the English Bills of Rights?
a) Separation of Powers
b) Limited Government
c) written in the year 1689
d) Eminent Domain

Which is not a part of the English Bills of Rights?
a) Limited Government
b) Democratic Elections
c) Abolished Slavery
d) Right to bear arms

Which of the following is in chronological order from oldest to most recent?
a) Magna Carta ► Charter of the Virginia Company of London ► English Bill of Rights
b) Magna Carta ► English Bill of Rights ► Charter of the Virginia Company of London
c) English Bill of Rights ► Magna Carta ► Charter of the Virginia Company of London
d) Charter of the Virginia Company of London ► Magna Carta ► English Bill of Rights

The Declaration of Independence features some of the _______________ that influence the US Constitutions.
a) Communist philosophies
b) Religious Concepts
c) Significant Documents
d) Fundamental Political Principles

Which is not associated with the Declaration of Independence?
a) Written in 1776
b) declares independence from England
c) Written by Thomas Jefferson
d) First form of US Government

Which is not associated with the Declaration of Independence?
a) all men are created equal
b) unalienable rights
c) Rich get to vote
d) Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Why is the Articles of Confederation unique?
a) It was a success
b) It was a failure
c) It was the 2nd form of government
d) it is a perfect representation of the fundamental political principles

Articles of Confederation
a) declared independence
b) first form of national Government
c) second form of national Government
d) established the rights of Englishmen in the colonies

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