Government: Chapters 2-3 Test

Question 1

Earliest document that protected against absolute power by king

Answer 1

Magna Carta

Question 2

Weak government abolished by Constitution

Answer 2

Articles of Confederation

Question 3

Document that provided the basis for American individual rights

Answer 3

English Bill of Rights

Question 4

Provided for equal representation in Congress

Answer 4

New Jersey Plan

Question 5

Later document that limited king’s power by allowing trial by jury and not quartering of troops

Answer 5

Petition of Right

Question 6

Plan that favored large states

Answer 6

Virginia Plan

Question 7

Called for a boycott of British goods

Answer 7

1st Continental Congress

Question 8

Combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plans

Answer 8

Connecticut Compromise

Question 9

Plan for counting slaves in the population

Answer 9

3/5 Compromise

Question 10

Governed during the Revolution

Answer 10

2nd Continental Congress

Question 11

T/F: The Articles of Confederation provided for a bicameral system in Congress

Answer 11

F, provided for a UNICAMERAL system

Question 12

T/F: The Bill of Rights, as found in the Declaration of Independence, provides for all people with certain unalienable rights

Answer 12

F, as found in the CONSTITUTION

Question 13

T/F: Judicial Review provides the Supreme Court with the means of declaring law unconstitutional.

Answer 13

T

Question 14

T/F: The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights and the amendments 13-15 are the Civil War amendments.

Answer 14

T

Question 15

T/F: To formally amend the Constitution, a bill has to pass by 2/3 in Congress and by 2/3 in the States.

Answer 15

F, and 3/4 in the states

Question 16

T/F: When the founders established US government, they look to French documents to serve as the blueprint for individual rights and freedoms that all people should enjoy.

Answer 16

F

Question 17

T/F: Three characteristics of US government are that it is limited, ordered, and representative.

Answer 17

T

Question 18

Were vastly ruled by the king

Answer 18

Colonies (1500s to 1776)

Question 19

Written grants allowed some of these to form

Answer 19

Colonies (1500s to 1776)

Question 20

Created the Declaration of Independence

Answer 20

2nd Continental Congress (1776 to 1783)

Question 21

First government of the free United States

Answer 21

2nd Continental Congress (1776 to 1783)

Question 22

Formed a “firm league of friendship”

Answer 22

Articles of Confederation (1783 to 1787)

Question 23

Allows Congress to pass laws and the Supreme Court to verify them

Answer 23

Constitution (1787 to present)

Question 24

Includes amendments

Answer 24

Constitution (1878 to present)

Question 25

Provided for a Separation of Powers

Answer 25

Constitution (1787 to present)