Government - Foundations of the Constitution

Which of the following documents influenced the US Constitution?

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Hammurabi's Code

The idea of _________ was used in some empires and kingdoms to justify the position of kings. The US used this idea in the development of the position of president.

• Survival of the Fittest

• Might makes Right

• Voice of the People

• Divine Right

The idea proposed by Thomas Hobbes to explain the relationship between people and the government in which we give up some of our rights and freedoms for safety and security is called:

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

• Natural Law

• Pure Democracy

The idea we get from John Locke that proposed that people maintain rights to life, liberty, and property that no government should be able to take away is knows as:

• Natural Law

• Social Contract

• Representative Democracy

• habeus corpus

Which form of government is characterized by having one leader, usually a king or dictator.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

Which form of government is led by a group of powerful people.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

Which form of government is characterized by a group of elected officials.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

Which form of government is characterized by following religious laws.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

The Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution States:

• Laws created by the states take precedence over the federal government

• The Constitution and laws created by the federal government are the laws of the land

• Supreme pizzas must be outlawed

Which of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Unable to tax

• No executive branch

• No unified military

• No national court system