Alabama Citizenship Standard 1
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| 1010784562 | Judeo-Christian | Many regard this tradition as a significant influence on the Founders; John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington made mention of ideas related to this tradition in their writings. | 0 | |
| 1010784563 | Plato | He presented his ideal government in his book, THE REPUBLIC. | 1 | |
| 1010784564 | Aristotle | He examined over 100 governments to write his book about government, called POLITICS. | 2 | |
| 1010784565 | genetic | Judging something or some statement on the basis of origin is the ___ fallacy. | 3 | |
| 1010784566 | three | The number of branches of government common to the U.S. and Roman Republic. | 4 | |
| 1010784567 | Rome | The republic that served as a model for the U.S. | 5 | |
| 1010784568 | Athenian | Early American leaders rejected this form of democracy for fear of mob rule. | 6 | |
| 1010784569 | Bible | In 1756 John Adams wrote in his diary that this book provides the blueprint for an ideal government. | 7 | |
| 1010784570 | Creator | "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their ___ with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness..." -- Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence, 1776 | 8 | |
| 1010784571 | fasting | As President, John Adams called for a national day of ___ and worship. | 9 | |
| 1010784572 | Christian | "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the ___ religion." -- Treaty of Tripoli, 1797 | 10 | |
| 1010784573 | Constitution | "Our ___ was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." -- John Adams' letter addressing the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia, October 11, 1798 | 11 | |
| 1010784574 | Socrates | The execution of this philosopher by the Athenian democracy likely contrubuted to the distate for democracy shared by Plato and Aristotle. | 12 | |
| 1010784575 | Senate | The most prestigious legislative body in the Roman Republic and United States. | 13 | |
| 1010784576 | monarchy | The phase of Roman government from 753 to 510 B.C. | 14 | |
| 1010784577 | republic | The type of Roman government from 510 to 27 B.C. | 15 | |
| 1010784578 | Empire | The type of Roman government from 27 B.C. until the fall of the Western Romans to the Germanic barbarians. | 16 | |
| 1010784579 | Augustus Caesar | The first emperor of Rome. | 17 | |
| 1010784580 | Nero | Arguably the worst emperor of Rome, his outrageous behavior exemplified the reasons that America's founders created a system of checks and balances to prevent one person from amassing too much power. | 18 | |
| 1010784581 | philosopher-kings | Plato's ideal republic would be ruled by these enlightened leaders not allowed to have families or property to keep them from becoming corrupt. | 19 | |
| 1010784582 | Julius Caesar | This Roman general had himself declared dictator for life but was murdered shortly afterward. | 20 | |
| 1010784583 | Magna Carta | The English document written in 1215 that set forth the principle that even the king is bound by the law. | 21 | |
| 1010784584 | Charter of the Forest | The ___ gave rights to freemen (non-serfs) in England and stated that "Henceforth every freeman, in his wood or on his land that he has in the forest, may with impunity make a mill, fish-preserve, pond, marl-pit, ditch, or arable in cultivated land outside coverts, provided that no injury is thereby given to any neighbour." | 22 | |
| 1010784585 | John | King ___ of England was limited in his rule by the Magna Carta. | 23 | |
| 1010784586 | Constitution | The Magna Carta is among the sources of inspiration or this U.S. document. | 24 |
