16) According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law?

A) Trial by jury and no cruel punishments

B) Freedom of speech and the press

D) Freedom of worship and the right to petition

19) According to the Declaration of Independence, what truth was “self-evident”?

B) Rights are given by good kings

C) Government exists to protect us from ourselves

D) Only a democracy can protect our rights

24) How many representatives does each state get in the House?

D) It depends on the state's population

27) Reapportionment is:

C) Dividing the 435 representatives among the states according to their population

A) Counting the entire country's population

B) Drawing new Congressional districts

D) Drawing Congressional districts to help a particular political party

29) Gerrymandering is:

D) Creating Congressional districts to help a particular political party

A) Counting the entire country's population

B) Creating new Congressional districts

C) Dividing the 435 representatives among the states according to their population

30) Why can't Congress give themselves a pay raise?

C) because the 27th Amendment prohibits it

B) because Senators are rotating every two years

D) because the President controls their salary

31) What advantages do incumbents have? Select all the apply.

A) They have an easier time raising campaign funds

B) many districts have been gerrymandered in their favor

D) they use their position to solve voters' problems

C) they are smarter than other politicians

34) Why do leaders not have much control over senators?

A) Senate rules promote freedom

C) senators are rich and arrogant

D) Senate rules promote obedience

35) When does the VP vote in the Senate?

B) whenever they come to the Senate chamber

C) only in the first two years of their term

36) What is the majority leader's main job?

A) get their party's bills passed

B) get their party members reelected

C) to write better bills than the minority

37) Why doesn't the Senate have a Rules Committee?

C) It's small enough to not need one

A) they think they're too good for one

B) the Majority Leader controls everything

D) the Senate has its own Procedures Committee

38) Why would a senator filibuster?

B) to stop or delay a bill they don't like

C) to announce their campaign for president

D) to bring attention to important issues

39) What does the majority party control?

A) the flow of legislative work

B) who the President of the Senate is

40) What does Article I Section 5 of the Constitution say?

D) Each chamber makes their own rules

A) it says Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce

B) it explains when to impeach the President

C) it gives Congress their rules

42) Why are committees more important in the House than in the Senate?

C) the members all get replaced every 2 years

D) they help members with name recognition

43) What are constituents?

A) The people in a Representative's district

C) another word for Representatives

D) the title of the members of the Senate

44) What does the majority party (the party with the most seats) do in each chamber?

B) Control leadership and committees

C) Write the only bills that will be voted on

45) What is the Speaker of the House?

A) The presiding officer and most important leader

C) The person who announces when members arrive

D) the Vice President of the US

47) When does a bill become a law?

C) Congress passes and the President signs it

D) the Supreme Court decides it is

48) What happens to a bill after it is introduced?

A) it gets referred to a committee

49) Which does the Rules Committee do?

D) Settle disputes between committees

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1) God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule

A) Force Theory

B) Evolutionary Theory

C) Divine Right Theory

D) Social Contract Theory

E) Chaos Theory

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2) Government was created when people exchanged power for protection.

A) Force Theory

B) Evolutionary Theory

C) Divine Right Theory

D) Social Contract Theory

E) Chaos Theory

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3) A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group

C) Oligarchy

A) Democracy

B) Autocracy

D) Parliamentary

E) Unitary

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4) A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

B) Autocracy

A) Democracy

C) Oligarchy

D) Parliamentary

E) Unitary

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5) The supreme political authority rest with the people and the citizens themselves

A) Democracy

B) Autocracy

C) Oligarchy

D) Parliamentary

E) Unitary

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6) Out of these, the best example of an oligarchy is:

A) China

B) The United States

C) France

D) Africa

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7) Government:

A) Provides order

B) Prevents chaos

C) Is an institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies

D) All of the above

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Government Midterm REVIEW January 2023

1) God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule

2) Government was created when people exchanged power for protection.

3) A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group

4) A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

5) The supreme political authority rest with the people and the citizens themselves

6) Out of these, the best example of an oligarchy is:

7) Government:

8) A government where the people elect others to make decisions for them.

9) The United States is a direct democracy.

10) In a democracy, we make decisions based on majority rule, with no limitations.

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