Review for Constitution Quiz #1

The Articles of Confederation were replaced with the __________.

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

The constitution was written to give more power to the _____________________ government.

• a. central

• b. state

• c. federal

• Both a and c

The ______________ is the part of the Constitution that describes the purpose of the government.

• Preamble

• Articles

• Bill of Rights

• Amendments

True or False: The Preamble begins with "We the People of the United States..."

• True

• False

If you want to change or add something to the Constitution it is called an _________________.

• alteration

• addition

• veto

• amendment

A federal system is when power is shared between the national and ___________ governments.

• a. central

• b. federal

• c. state

• Both a and b

In order to ensure that one branch of government did not gain too much power, a system of _________________________ was put into place.

• mercantilism

• checks and balances

• legislation

• monarchy

The idea of having a Separation of Powers, in which no branch of government becomes too powerful, led to the development of the ___ branches of government.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The Constitution is divided into ___ Articles.

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

Article 1 explains the __________ branch.

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive