Civics Unit 1 Practice Test

Having the ability and resources to control is what?

• Power

• Freedom

• Democracy

• Communism

Political system in which powers of the government are restricted, usually by a written constitution is...

• Open Government

• Limited Government

• Unlimited Government

• Restricted Government

Government that is based on clear and fairly enforced laws and no one is above the laws

• Law and Order

• Law of Justice

• Rule of Order

• Rule of Law

Established rule of law, which meant that all people, even the king, have to obey the laws.

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• English Bill of Rights

Law passed by English parliament in 1628 to try to limit the power of King Charles I.

• Bill of Rights

• Rule of Law

• Declaration of Rules

• Petition of Right

Passed by Parliament in 1689 after years of conflict and civil war. William and Mary had to agree to it in order to gain the throne.

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Wrote: Leviathan

• Social Contract Theory

• What does it mean? People give up freedom in exchange for protection from government.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Writings: The Social Contract

Principle or Theory: popular sovereignty

What does it mean? The government should reflect the will of the people

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Writings: The Spirit of Laws

• Principle or Theory: Separation of Powers

• What does it mean? Power should be divided into 3 branches and each has a job that only it can do.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Writings: Second Treatise on Government

Principle or Theory: Natural Rights

What does it mean? Everyone has God given rights that cannot be taken away

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau