Civics & Economics SOL Study Packet

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

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

• Monarchy, Totalitarianism, Oligarchy, Anarchy, Dictatorship

• Federalism, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Imperialism

• Theocracy, Plutocracy, Technocracy, Aristocracy, Autocracy

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #1 - People are the source of any and all governmental power.

• Consent of the Governed

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #2 - Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things that people have given it the power to do.

• Limited Government

• Unlimited Government

• Absolute Monarchy

• Totalitarian Regime

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #3 - The government and those who govern are bound by the law.

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

• Consent of the Governed

• Checks and Balances

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #4 - In such a system of government, the people rule.

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #5 - People elect public officeholders who make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

• Representative Government

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Name five historical documents of American history that influenced the development of the Constitution and constitutional government.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

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London, The Federalist Papers, The Emancipation Proclamation, The Gettysburg Address, The Bill of Rights.

• The Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, The Treaty of Paris, The Northwest Ordinance, The Declaration of Independence.

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, The Intolerable Acts, The Olive Branch Petition, The Common Sense.

SOL CE.2b - Which of the 5 historical documents guaranteed the colonists the same rights given to all English citizens?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

SOL CE.2b - Which of the 5 historical documents served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

Which of the 5 historical 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

• Constitution of the United States

• Bill of Rights

• Emancipation Proclamation