CSET Social Science Subtest #3
WORLD HISTORY Practice Questions
Complete With Correct Answers
\Q\.Whose ideas most influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the
Declaration of Independence? - ANSWERS✔-John Locke's vision of the
role of the government
\Q\.What was the means through which the issue of the Freedom of
Press was first brought to the attention of American revolutionaries? -
ANSWERS✔-The Trial of John Peter Zenger
\Q\.How does the United States government preserve the freedom and
rights of the people? - ANSWERS✔-It guarantees personal liberties of
freedom of speech, religion, and due process of law in the Bill of Rights
\Q\.Which of the following is the obligation of the citizens based on the
reciprocal nature of citizenship laws? - ANSWERS✔-The obligation to
vote
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\Q\.Which article of the US Constitution clarifies the relationship
between the states and the federal government? - ANSWERS✔-Article
four
\Q\.The Bill of Rights was written by... - ANSWERS✔-James Madison
\Q\.What was the intellectual basis of the establishment of the three
branches of the government? - ANSWERS✔-Montesquieu's the Spirit of
the Laws
\Q\.Which one is an example of the application of the principle of
Checks and Balances? - ANSWERS✔-The power of the Congress to
impeach the president
\Q\.Based on the 11th Amendment to the Constitution, the Supreme
Court does not have the authority to... - ANSWERS✔-Hear any suits
brought against a state
\Q\.What important judicial process was established by the Supreme
Court case Marbury vs. Madison in 1803? - ANSWERS✔-The Judicial
Review