Drafting the Constitution — Unit test

Question 1

Athens and Sparta were both

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city-states.

Question 2

Which quotation from the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence supports the idea that the United States is based on a social contract?

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“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

Question 3

most

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a theocracy.

Question 4

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense pushed for a more radical solution than the First Continental Congress did in resolving issues of British rule. What was Paine’s solution?

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declaring independence

Question 5

Among many other influences, which helped to shape United States governmental documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?

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Judeo-Christian principles

Question 6

How did Enlightenment thinkers approach the study of government?

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by taking a secular view

Question 7

A charter is a written document that

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states the conditions of an agreement.

Question 8

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Natural

Question 9

What was the purpose of the New Jersey Plan?

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to support the interests of the smaller states

Question 10

During the Constitutional Convention, small states did not want their representation based on

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population.

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