Government Test

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• Being popular in the world
• People voting and having a say in the governments decisions
• People voting
• The act of the 20th admendment and it’s rules.

The rule book that the government has to follow.

• Constitution

• Bible

• Dossier

• official transcript

Divides power among several branches of government.

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Constitution

How do citizens giver their consent to a government?

• Voting
• Taxes

The principle of government that states each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches

• Checks & Balances
• Federalism
• Popular Soveriegnty

The principle of government that states federal and state governments must share powers

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Checks & Balances

These are personal liberties (freedoms) and privileges that should be guaranteed to every citizen

• Individual Rights
• Separation of Powers
• Limited Government

A government in which the people rule, the authority of the government comes from the people

• Popular Sovereignty
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism

This idea calls for the people to exercise or delegate their power by electing or voting for their political representation

• Republicanism
• Separation of Powers
• Individual Rights

How many branches of government are there?

• Five
• Two
• Three
• Four