FREE SOCIAL STUDIES AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CIVICS

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FREE SOCIAL STUDIES AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CIVICS

VOCABULARY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Rule of Law

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A concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law

Question 2: Limited Monarchy

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A system of government in which the king or queen shares authority with an elected legislature and agrees to be bound by a constitution or set of laws, also known as a constitutional monarchy

Question 3: English Bill of Rights

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A government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament

Question 4: Magna Carta

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A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215

Question 5: Compact

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An official agreement made by two or more parties

Question 6: Due Process

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The idea that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws, and that the government leaders and officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat all people the same way

Question 7: Rights

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A set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions

Question 8: Self-Government

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Popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government

Question 9: Limited Government

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A government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement

Question 10: Common Sense

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A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonist to support becoming independent from England

Question 11: Thomas Paine

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The colonist journalist who wrote Common Sense in 1776

Question 12: Preamble

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The introduction to the U.S Constitution

Question 13: Mayflower Compact

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An agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonist; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620