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Question 1
Stored in the National Archives, which 1787 document is the oldest written supreme law still in use?
Jacob Shallus was paid $30 to engross the Constitution, a task that involved handwriting the final document on parchment.
Question 2
Which country in Europe uses an "uncodified" constitution based on laws and not 1 document?
An uncodified constitution allows laws to be changed by a simple majority vote in Parliament rather than a complex amendment process.
Question 3
Featuring a copy drawn by hand, which country has the longest written constitution in the world?
The original Indian Constitution was not printed but was entirely handwritten by calligrapher Prem Behari Narain Raizada.
Question 4
Meaning "Great Charter" in Latin, which document from 1215 established that the King of England was not above the law?
Only four original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta still exist today, and they are stored at the British Library and in Salisbury and Lincoln.
Question 5
Which principle divides a government into 3 branches, such as the executive and legislative, to limit power?
The concept was popularized by Baron de Montesquieu in his 1748 publication *The Spirit of the Laws*.