Government Semester Exam 2019

What type of government does the United States have?

• unitary

• federal

• totalitarian

• confederate

Which term best relates to the government in the United States?

• parliamentary

• monarchy

• representative democracy

• anarchy

Which one of these is NOT a formal institution of government?

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• state branch

What is the basic type of power of the legislative branch?

• lawmaking

• enforcing laws

• applying and interpreting laws

• breaking laws

What is the basic type of power of the judicial branch?

• lawmaking

• enforcing laws

• applying and interpreting laws

• breaking laws

What is the basic type of power of the executive branch?

• lawmaking

• enforcing laws

• applying and interpreting laws

• breaking laws

Bicameral means there are ___ branches or houses

• one
• two
• three
• five

The term democracy means
“rule by __________ .”

• the mob
• the monarch
• the president
• the people

Strictly speaking, in a pure democracy, the people make major government decisions through a process of __________ rule. Whatever the __________ of voters wants becomes law.
 

• majority
• people
• mob
• monarch

Strictly speaking, in a pure democracy, the people make major government decisions through a process of __________ rule. Whatever the __________ of voters wants becomes law.
 

• majority
• people
• mob
• monarch