Civics Unit 2 Practice Test

What type of government does the United States have?

• direct democracy

• republic

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

When one person has absolute power and control of a government.

• limited monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

What was the big idea that the founders of the United States had about how government should be organized?

• The government should be run by a small number of people.

• The government should be made up of many different bodies with limited powers.

• The government should be able to make laws to increase its power.

• The government should make sure that some parts have more power than others.

In its early years, under the Articles of Confederation, the United States had many problems because the national government had too much power and the individual states had too little power.

• True

• False

In which city was the Constitution of the United States written?

• Philadelphia

• Washington D.C.

• Boston

• New York

What name is given to a political system in which power is shared between the national government and local government?

• cynacism

• naturalism

• federalism

• communism

Which of the following are concurrent powers (shared powers)?

• collecting taxes

• declaring war

• writing laws

• running schools

• creating and running courts

Which of the following are reserved powers (state powers)?

• printing money

• making treaties

• running schools

• declaring war

• making election rules

Which of the following are delegated powers (national powers)?

• making treaties

• declaring war

• making election rules

• writing laws

• printing money

The Executive Branch

• writes the laws

• enforces the laws

• reviews the laws

• ignores the laws