Gov Unit 1 Practice Test

The institution through which leaders have the power to make and enforce laws affecting the people within the government.

• Injunction

• Foreign Policy.

• Government.

• Executive Power.

What is representative republic?

• Everyone votes on everything.

• People elect leaders to make decisions.

• Only the elite gets to vote.

• No one gets to vote.

What is a direct democracy?

• Everyone votes on everything.

• People elect leaders to make decisions.

• Only the elite gets to vote.

• No one gets to vote.

Why are separation of powers/checks and balances important in a limited government?

• The executive branch is the most important and the other two are there to support it.

• Every branch needs its own space to grow and get more power.

• Every branch should have equal representation through votes.

• No one branch can become too powerful.

What was the ⅗ compromise?

• ⅗ of the states had to agree to ratify the constitution.

• ⅗ of delegates had to be at the constitutional convention before they could start.

• ⅗ of the slave population would be included in a state’s overall population.

• All of the above.

What was the Connecticut Compromise?

• One house was based on population and the other house had equal representatives for each state.

• A compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.

• It created a two-house legislature.

• All of the above.

The Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights did what to the king’s power?

• Limited it.

• Overruled it.

• Expanded it.

• None of the above.

The Antifederalists supported ratification of the Constitution.

• True

• False

Define sovereignty.

• The bodies of a state.

• Absolute power over a territory and population.

• The right to rule.

• The ability to voice your opinion as a citizen.

Define a unitary government.

• Centralized government.

• A government where power is split between local and national government.

• A government run by force.

• No government.