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Gov Unit 1 Practice Test

Authored by Matthew Harris

12th Grade

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Gov Unit 1 Practice Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

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