HCC CIVIC LITERACY EXAM QUESTIONS &
DETAILED PASSED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
1. individual liberty limitations on government power, intended to protect freedoms upon
which gov- ernments may not legally intrude
2. the social people sacrificed a small portion of their freedom and consented to be
con- tract
ruled in exchange for the government's protection of their lives, liberty,
and property. Locke called this implicit agreement between a people
and their government the social contract
3. natural rights the right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take away
4. natural law system of law based on a close observation of natural order and
human nature, from which values thought by the proponents of
this concepts to be intrinsic to human nature can be deduced
5. popular sovreign- government is created by and subject to the will of the people
ty
6. rule of law limits on the use of power by government
7. due process fair procedures within the boundaries of the law. The justice system
and how the justice system works
8. equality equal treatment and equal protection without the guarantee of equal
under the
law outcomes
9. constitutionalism adherence to a constitutional form of government
10. majority rule fundamental principle of democracy; the majority should have the
power to make decisions binding upon the whole
11. minority rights protections for those who are not part of the majority
12. equal protection
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, HCC CIVIC LITERACY EXAM QUESTIONS &
DETAILED PASSED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
requires the federal and state governments to treat all the residents equally
under the law
13. bill of rights
first ten amendments to the constitution. Rights and liberties guaranteed
and under
the protections of the Bill of Rights, but still may be limited
civil rights
and liberties
14. checks and system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise by
bal- ances
power of another branch; requires the ditterent parts of government to
15. separation work together
of powers
sharing of powers among three separate branches of government
16. republicanis
m and
representativ
e democratic form of government in which political power rests in the hands of the
government people, not a monarch, and is exercised by elected representative
17. federalism form of government in which power is divided between state
governments and a national government
18. declaration (1781)
of
independenc
e (1776)
19. the constitution
of
Massachusetts
(1780)
20. the articles
of
confederation
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DETAILED PASSED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
1. individual liberty limitations on government power, intended to protect freedoms upon
which gov- ernments may not legally intrude
2. the social people sacrificed a small portion of their freedom and consented to be
con- tract
ruled in exchange for the government's protection of their lives, liberty,
and property. Locke called this implicit agreement between a people
and their government the social contract
3. natural rights the right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take away
4. natural law system of law based on a close observation of natural order and
human nature, from which values thought by the proponents of
this concepts to be intrinsic to human nature can be deduced
5. popular sovreign- government is created by and subject to the will of the people
ty
6. rule of law limits on the use of power by government
7. due process fair procedures within the boundaries of the law. The justice system
and how the justice system works
8. equality equal treatment and equal protection without the guarantee of equal
under the
law outcomes
9. constitutionalism adherence to a constitutional form of government
10. majority rule fundamental principle of democracy; the majority should have the
power to make decisions binding upon the whole
11. minority rights protections for those who are not part of the majority
12. equal protection
1/
15
, HCC CIVIC LITERACY EXAM QUESTIONS &
DETAILED PASSED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
requires the federal and state governments to treat all the residents equally
under the law
13. bill of rights
first ten amendments to the constitution. Rights and liberties guaranteed
and under
the protections of the Bill of Rights, but still may be limited
civil rights
and liberties
14. checks and system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise by
bal- ances
power of another branch; requires the ditterent parts of government to
15. separation work together
of powers
sharing of powers among three separate branches of government
16. republicanis
m and
representativ
e democratic form of government in which political power rests in the hands of the
government people, not a monarch, and is exercised by elected representative
17. federalism form of government in which power is divided between state
governments and a national government
18. declaration (1781)
of
independenc
e (1776)
19. the constitution
of
Massachusetts
(1780)
20. the articles
of
confederation
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