CE Year Review CE2-10

"People are the source of all government power."
Which basic principle of government is represented by this statement?

• Representative Government
• Consent of the Governed
• Federalism
• Rule of Law

What is the form of government where the citizens rule?

• Democracy
• Dictatorship
• Rule of Law
• Monarchy

Which document affirmed the unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?

• Declaration of Independence
• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• The Virginia Declaration of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation

What fundamental rights and liberties are guaranteed in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America? (4 out of 5 are shown below.)

• Religion

• Speech

• Education

• Assembly

• Press

Individuals are free to express their opinions and beliefs.

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Press

• Freedom of Assembly

• Freedom of Petition

Individuals have the right to make their views known to public officials.

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Press

• Freedom of Assembly

• Freedom of Petition

The media play a very important role in the political process of elections. They help -

• Nominate candidates to run for political office.
• Highlight campaign issues and community concerns.
• Limit opportunities for citizens to run for political office.
• By broadcasting jokes or publishing cartoons about the current president.

Identify candidates, emphasize the issues, write editorials, political cartoons, op-ed pieces, broadcast different points of view... these are all....

• functions of political parties
• stated in a party's platform
• mass media roles in elections
• similarities in political parties

The courts check the president when

• call special sessions of Congress

• appoints judges/justices

• when judges/justices declare executive actions to be unconstitutional

The separation between national and state government is called-

• Federalism
• Democracy
• Government
• Libertarianism