Types of Government
Power is held by a single leader or a small group of people. The will of the people is ignored.
A. Constitutional Monarchy
B. Absolute Monarchy
C. Authoritarian government
D. Democracy
D. Authoritarian government
A leader's source of power actually comes from the citizens they govern.
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Federalism
c) Checks and Balances
d) Separation of Powers
a) Popular Sovereignty
Congress can check the power of the president by:
a) declaring a presidential act unconstitutional
b) vetoing an executive order
c) disapproving a Presidential appointment
d) negotiating a treaty without presidential input
c) disapproving a Presidential appointment
The Legislative branch can:
a) Interpret the laws
b) Resolve disputes
c) Decide guilt or innocence
d) Make laws
d) Make laws
Preamble to the US Constitution (1788)
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union… do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
a) Representative Democracy
b) Consent of the Governed
c) Majority Rule
d) Popular sovereignty
d) Popular sovereignty
The government’s power is derived from the people.
a) Oligarchy
b) Dictatorship
c) Democracy
d) Absolute Monarchy
c) Democracy
Citizens vote for leaders who represent their interests and needs in government.
a) Federalism
b) Representative Democracy
c) Checks and Balances
d) Separation of Powers
b) Representative Democracy
Which organization was created to maintain international peace and security? This organization currently has 193 member nations. Their goal is to resolve issues diplomatically and ultimately avoid war.
A. the United Nations
B. the International Red Cross
C. the International Monetary Fund
D. the World Trade Organization
A. the United Nations
The Executive branch:
a) resolves disputes.
b) enforces the laws of the land.
c) can declare war.
d) regulates commerce.
b) enforces the laws of the land.
Articles of Confederation (1777)
“The United States, in congress assembled, shall never engage in a war… unless nine states [out of 13] assent to the same, nor shall a question on any other point, be determined, unless by the votes of a majority of the united states in congress assembled.”
a) Consent of the Governed
b) Majority Rule
c) Popular sovereignty
d) Limited Government
b) Majority Rule
This type of government has one person making the decisions.
a) Representative Democracy
b) Dictatorship
c) Direct Democracy
d) Confederacy
b) Dictatorship
Each branch of government has powers over the other branches.
a) Federalism
b) Representative Democracy
c) Checks and Balances
d) Separation of Powers
c) Checks and Balances
The World Trade Organization is most likely to...
A. provide foreign aid to a country in need
B. help countries solve a disagreement over trade
C. solidify an agreement that states the U.S. will go to war if its allies go to war
D. deploy military troops to foreign nations
B. help countries solve a disagreement over trade
The Judicial Branch can:
a) separate the powers of the Legislative Branch.
b) declare a law unconstitutional.
c) create new laws.
d) enforce a veto.
b) declare a law unconstitutional.
Declaration of Independence (1776)
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.”
a) Representative Democracy
b) Consent of the Governed
c) Majority Rule
d) Popular sovereignty
b) Consent of the Governed
In a representative democracy, elected officials:
a) inherit power.
b) seize power.
c) are elected by citizens.
d) are appointed.
c) are elected by citizens.
There are things that the government cannot do and cannot make citizens do.
a) Rule of Law
b) Limited Government
c) Majority Rule
d) Consent of the Governed
b) Limited Government
The President may check the power of Congress by:
a) impeaching a congressman for high crimes and misdemeanors
b) commanding the army and navy
c) appointing a Supreme Court Justice
d) vetoing a bill so that it does not become a law.
d) vetoing a bill so that it does not become a law.
The Judicial branch:
a) interprets the law.
b) starts disputes.
c) must consent to a treaty.
d) enforces certain laws.
a) interprets the law
US Constitution (1788)
“The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States…”
a) Consent of the Governed
b) Majority Rule
c) Popular sovereignty
d) Representative Government
d) Representative Government
An example of a country that has an Oligarchy (A small group of people that controls a country) is:
a) the United States
b) Ireland
c) Russia
d) China
c) Russia
Government power is divided into levels and each level has powers that are their own as well as powers that they share.
a) Federalism
b) Representative Democracy
c) Checks and Balances
d) Separation of Powers
a) Federalism
The judicial branch checks the power of the president through "judicial review." The Supreme Court can:
a) impeach a president for high crimes and misdemeanors.
b) declare a presidential act to be unconstitutional.
c) stop the president from appointing advisors.
d) keep the president from enforcing the law.
b) declare a presidential act to be unconstitutional.
The Secretary of Agriculture is:
a) appointed by the Senate.
b) elected by the people.
c) appointed by the president, confirmed by the Senate.
d) impeached by the Supreme court.
c) appointed by the president, confirmed by the Senate.
US Constitution (1788)
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging (cutting down) the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress (settlement) of grievances.”
a) Consent of the Governed
b) Majority Rule
c) Popular sovereignty
d) Limited Government
d) Limited Government