The United States split the government into different bodies, including Congress, the Supreme Court and President. This was done to make sure one part of the government did not have too much power. What is this an example of?
Q2 Vocabulary Test

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Joseph Stefanelli
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
Freedom of Speech
House of Burgesses
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
John Locke believed that all people were born with the right to life, liberty and property. What are these rights collectively known as?
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
Reason
Enlightenment
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a person has the ability to speak about any topic, including the ability to be critical of the government without fear of repercussions, that person has which right?
Natural Rights
Freedom of Speech
Secession
Enlightenment
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and an emphasis on rationalism. This time period heavily influenced the founding of the United State and its government.
Natural Rights
Freedom of Speech
Enlightenment
John Locke
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The philosopher that first wrote down the set of rights known as Natural Rights. He heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
Anthony Ashley Cooper
Voltaire
Montesquieu
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To think, understand, act and form judgements by a process of using logic.
Enlightenment
Stono Rebellion
Nullification
Reason
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia, which was an outgrowth of the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession, the General Assembly of Virginia.
Lords Proprietors
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses
Carolina Charter 1663
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