Law Studies - Post-Assessment

Freedom is defined as "the ability to act or change without constraint." Based on the U.S. Constitution, under what pretense can we use that freedom?

• Freedom to worship any faith or religion

• Freedom of speech and the press

• Freedom to assembly and petition

• All of the above

A representative government is a government of representatives who are elected by

• Congress

• The people

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

Individual Rights are defined as

• The right to life

• The right to liberty

• The right to happiness

• All of the above

Rule of law is defined...

• The people are ruled by laws rather than by the rulers' whims

• The people are ruled by the Constitution of the Thirteen Colonies

• The people are ruled by King James

• The people are ruled by the Federal government

The U.S. Constitution defines and limites the power of the government over its people!

• True

• False

Totalitarism is a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. Choose a country with that form of government.

• United States of America

• Mexico

• Iran

• Jamaica

Authoritarism is a form of government that advocates the strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. Which one of these countries has this type of government?

• China

• France

• Canada

• South Africa

Which of these legal instruments that "safeguard liberty"?

• The penal code

• The Bill of Rights

• Criminal Law

• Property law

An "Amendment" is defined as any law that is vetoed by the president of the United States of America.

• True

• False

A "Constitutional Republic" guarantees that every state has a republican form of government that is based on

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Penal Code

• None of the Above