Civics & Economics SOL Review 2024

Name five fundamental political principles that shaped our constitution and government.

• Consent of the Governed, Limited Government, Rule of Law, Democracy, Representative Government

• Separation of Powers, Federalism, Checks and Balances, Judicial Review, Popular Sovereignty

• Monarchy, Oligarchy, Theocracy, Autocracy, Totalitarianism

• Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Anarchism

Which fundamental political principle states that people are the source of any and all governmental power?

• Consent of the Governed

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

Which fundamental political principle states that government is not all-powerful and may do only those things that people have given it the power to do?

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Representative Government

Which fundamental political principle states that the government and those who govern are bound by the law?

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Democracy

• Consent of the Governed

Which fundamental political principle states that in such a system of government, the people rule?

• Democracy

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

Which fundamental political principle states that people elect public officeholders who make laws and conduct government on their behalf?

• Representative Government

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

Name five documents of American history that influenced the development of the Constitution and constitutional government.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London, The Virginia Declaration of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• The Federalist Papers, The Emancipation Proclamation, The Gettysburg Address, The Bill of Rights, The Constitution

• The Magna Carta, The Mayflower Compact, The English Bill of Rights, The Federalist Papers, The Constitution

• The Treaty of Paris, The Northwest Ordinance, The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which of these documents guaranteed the colonists the same rights given to all English citizens?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

Which of these documents served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which of these documents claimed that people have "certain unalienable rights" (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) and that all people are equal under the law?

• Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom