Founding Principles & Documents Quiz

Match the following definitions with the correct principle.

• Representative Government

• Citizens elect politicians to rule on their behalf

• Consent of the Governed

• Everyone is equal under the law

• Democracy

• Citizens give authority to the government for protection

• Limited Government

• Government is not all-powerful

• Rule of Law

• The people rule!

What principle states that citizens give authority to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights?

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Consent of the Governed

• Democracy

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

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Democracy

• Representative Government

What does the principle of Rule of Law state?

• Everyone, including government officials, must follow the law.

• Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection.

• The people elect public officeholders to make laws.

• The people rule in a democratic system.

In which system of government do the people rule?

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Representative Government

What is the principle of Representative Government?

• The government is not all-powerful.

• The people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf.

• Everyone must follow the law.

• Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection.

Which document established for the first time the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law?

• The Constitution of the United States

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

What did the Charters of the Virginia Company of London guarantee?

• Freedom of religion

• Rights of Englishmen to the colonists

• Independence from Great Britain

• The structure of the United States government

Which document served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States?

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

Which document declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain?

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation