Gov Fall Semester Exam

A form of government that can be led by many or by one individual:

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Gov't where powers are divided between a central and local gov'ts:

• Unitary

• Confederate

• Federation

• Federal

Constitution:

• System to execute and enforce law

• Institution where society makes and enforces government

• Basic structure and principles of government

• Institution created to take and enforce power

Government:

• System to execute and enforce law

• Institution where society makes and enforces policy

• Basic structure and principles of society

• Institution created to take and enforce power

Parliamentary Gov't:

• Executive branch is chosen by the legislative

• Executive branch is chosen by the judicial

• Legislative branch is led by the executive

• The legislative and judicial branches are coequal

Who led the colonist troops during the American Revolution?

• John Hancock

• William Paterson

• George Washington

The purpose of the Second Continental Congress was to prepare the colonies for:

• War and Independence

• War and Revolution

• War and World Domination

The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to revise the:

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

A government principle by which the legislative, judicial, and executive powers are essentially held by different groups and people is called

• reserved powers
• expressed powers
• checks and balances
• separation of powers

What is the highest legal authority in the United States government?

• the President
• U.S. Constitution
• the Supreme Court
• state constitutions