Civics Midterm Review

Forms and Systems of Gov

100

King/Queen, Emperor/Empress, or Sultan with unlimited power

Absolute Monarch

200

Power is held by a small group of elites

Oligarchy

300

System of government that gives most of the power to the national government

Unitary

400

Elected leaders hold power and make laws reflecting the will of the people

Representative Democracy

500

System of government in which power is shared between state and national governments

Federal

Englightment Thinkers and the Declaration of Independence

100

Taxed (placed by British Parliament) on all printed documents

Stamp Act

200

John Locke believed in natural rights to life, liberty, and . . .

Property

300

Series of laws punishing Boston for the Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

400

Which Enlightenment thinker believed people agreed to be ruled because rulers protect their rights

Thomas Hobbes

500

Belief of Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu

Separation of Powers

The US Constitution

100

Article I of the Constitution establishes the ______________________ branch.

Legislative

200

Article II of the Constitution establishes the ______________________ branch

Executive

300

Article III of the Constitution establishes the ______________________ branch

Judicial

400

Article V of the Constitution describes how Congress and the 50 states create a new _______________________

Amendment

500

Article VII of the Constitution states that 9 out of the 13 states needed to ___________ the Constitution to make it official

Ratify

The Legislative Branch

100

Length of a Congressman or Congresswoman's term in the House of Representatives

2 years

200

Congress can override a president's veto with a __ /__ vote

2/3 (Two-Thirds)

300

How many members are in Congress?

535 (100 Senators + 435 Representatives)

400

What special duty belongs to the Senate?

Approving Presidential Appointments 

(examples include federal judges in the judicial branch, cabinet members leading executive departments, and ambassadors representing the US in foreign countries)

500

How is representation calculated for the House of Representatives?

State populations

The Executive Branch

100

The president can sign or _________ a bill.

Veto

200

The minimum age to be U.S. President

35

300

Length of a President's term

4 years

400

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the U.S. President to only 2 terms in office?

The 22nd Amendment

500

Which of the executive departments is responsible for managing the nation’s highways, railroads, airlines, and sea traffic?    

Department of Transportation