8th Grade History Final Exam

What did the Northwest Ordinance do?

• Prohibited slavery in the territory.

• Established a process for territories to become states.

• Established a system to govern lands east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River.

• Set up Michigan as a free state.

• All of these answers are correct.

Government’s power is restricted by laws in order to protect individual rights and liberties.

• limited government

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

Each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches.

• limited government

• federalism

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

Government’s power comes from the consent of the people.

• limited government

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• individual rights

Form of government where citizens are represented by elected officials.

• individual rights

• separation of powers

• federalism

• republicanism

Power is shared by national and state governments.

• individual rights

• separation of powers

• federalism

• republicanism

Government is divided into branches with different responsibilities (power).

• individual rights

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• limited government

Basic freedoms and liberties (Bill of Rights)

• individual rights

• limited government

• federalism

• popular sovereignty

carries out and enforces the laws

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• tree branch

interprets laws and makes sure they follow the Constitution

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• congress branch