ISS Midterm 2021

A government controlled by one person or a small group of people is called

• a representative democracy.

• a dictatorship.

• an anarcho-syndicalist commune.

• a direct democracy.

A ____ is the ruling authority for a community.

• government

• majority rule

• public policy

• Democracy

From where does the government derive its power in a democracy?

• The people

• Decree

• Political maneuvering

• Military conquest

____ is the notion that governmental power lies with the people.

• The rule of law

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

• Separation of powers

What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• rule of law

• separation of powers

• supremacy of the Constitution

• checks and balances

The U.S. has what type of government system?

• Dictatorship

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

What is the level of government closest to Americans?

• national government

• state government

• local government

• student government

The Declaration of Independence states that among our inalienable rights are “Life, Liberty, and ____.”

• independence from Tyranny

• the pursuit of Happiness

• freedom of Religion

• the search for Prosperity

What is the term for a detailed, written plan of government?

• constitution

• bicameral

• compact

• Confederation

The ____ was the first constitution of the United States of America.

• Articles of Confederation

• United States Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence