Unit 1 Test

Question 1

What is the significance of the Magna Carta?

Answer 1

It limited the king’s power

Question 2

A principle of the Declaration of Independence states that the government should be based on the consent of the _____________.

Answer 2

governed (citizens)

Question 3

Which colony had plantations and long growing seasons?

Answer 3

Southern

Question 4

The major argument for American independence was stated in the Declaration of Independence was that the British government deprived the citizens of their _______.

Answer 4

natural rights

Question 5

Whose ideas did Thomas Jefferson use to write the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 5

John Locke

Question 6

What were John Locke’s ideas that Thomas Jefferson used?

Answer 6

social contracts and natural rights

Question 7

What was the idea of social contract?

Answer 7

give up certain rights to be protected by the government

Question 8

The Mayflower Compact was an example of ____________.

Answer 8

direct democracy

Question 9

The House of Burgesses is an example of ______________.

Answer 9

representative democracy

Question 10

Thomas Paine wrote ____________, which encouraged the colonists to __________________.

Answer 10

Common sense, separate from/revolt against the British

Question 11

The colonies were mainly founded for ____________ freedom.

Answer 11

religious

Question 12

The “freedom of the press” was established by the _______________ in colonial times.

Answer 12

Zenker Case

Question 13

_______________ were the first written Constitution in the colonies.

Answer 13

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Question 14

The British had laws based on _______, they are called British Common Law.

Answer 14

precedent

Question 15

When a country sells more than it buys, it is called _____________.

Answer 15

mercantilism

Question 16

A person who leaves his/her country due to famine or turmoil is called a _______________.

Answer 16

refugee

Question 17

According to John Locke’s social contract theory, citizens give up ______ to gain ________.

Answer 17

rights, protection

Question 18

Government receives their power from what?

Answer 18

the consent of the governed

Question 19

“life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” are your what?

Answer 19

natural/unalienable rights

Question 20

Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were founded because of ____________.

Answer 20

religious freedom

Question 21

____________________ wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 21

Thomas Jefferson

Question 22

“____________________________” was the slogan the colonists used to explain why they wanted independence from Great Britain.

Answer 22

no taxation without representation

Question 23

the _________________ were punishment for the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 23

intolerable acts

Question 24

lexington and concord is known as the ______________________

Answer 24

“shot heard round the world”

Question 25

“All men are created equal” comes from which document?

Answer 25

Declaration of Independence

Question 26

what is the difference between a duty and responsibility?

Answer 26

duty is something you are required to do, a responsibility is something you should do

Question 27

people who work for passage to America are called _____________________.

Answer 27

indentured servants

Question 28

the trading of slaves from Africa to great Britain to America was called the ___________________.

Answer 28

triangular trade

Question 29

the _______________ was a philosophical movement.

Answer 29

Enlightment

Question 30

the _____________ was a religious movement.

Answer 30

Great Awakening