17-18 1.3 Constitution Part 3

A form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly is known as...

• direct democracy
• republican form of government
• representative democracy
• a republic

The division of governmental authority and powers and assigning them to distinct branches is known as

• separation of powers
• checks and balances
• federalism
• democracy

The people who opposed the new constitution because they felt a strong central government defeated the purpose of the war against Great Britain were the 

• framers of the constitution
• anti-federalists
• federalists
• colonists

The President can do all of the following EXCEPT

• veto bills
• appoint people to government positions
• declare war
• pardon individuals

Congress can do all of the following EXCEPT

• lead the military
• coin money
• ratify treaties
• regulate commerce

The seventeen specific powers granted to Congress under Article I, section 8, of the US Constitution are known as the 

• enumerated powers
• implied powers
• concurrent powers
• denied powers

The clause in the Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations is known as

• the necessary and proper clause
• the commerce clause
• the supremacy clause
• the full faith and credit clause

A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single central agency is a...

• republic
• federal government
• unitary government
• condeferacy

A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power is known as

• separation of powers
• checks and balances
• federalism
• a republican form of government

A representative form of government is also known as a 

• representative democracy
• direct democracy
• federalism
• pluralistic society