Government Semester Exam

What term does the Declaration of Independence use to describe natural rights?

• Undeniable

• Fundamental

• Undefinable

• Unalienable

The framers of the United States Constitution included the concepts of federalism, checks and balances, and separation of powers in the document because they-

• feared a national government with unlimited power

• hoped to expand the democratic process

• wanted to increase the powers of the states

• favored the rich over the poor

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 constitutional principles?

• Checks and Balances

• The Bill of Rights

• Federalism

• Limited Government

This is a system of government in which the people elect delegates to create laws and conduct government.....

• Representative Government

• Dictatorship

• Checks and Balances

• Monarchy

What is the division of government powers into different branches so that no one branch has too much power?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Divine Right

• Separation of Powers

• Republic

What is a written instrument that puts forth the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group? it determines the powers and duties of the government and guarantees certain rights to the people.

• Government

• Constitution

• Divine Right

• Rule of Law

All of the following are branch of the U.S. Government EXCEPT--

• Executive

• Bureaucratic

• Judicial

• Legislative

Which document was the United State's first attempt at establishing a government system?

• the Constitution

• the Bill of Rights

• the Magna Carta

• the Articles of Confederation

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that England had the best government because it was divided into 3 separate branches?

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Montesquieu

Which of the following was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• Congress could not raise an army

• Congress could not collect taxes

• Too many states participated in the Federal Government

• States were allowed to print their own money