Government Exam Review 22-23

This is an order from the Court to send up the records on a case for review.

• writ of certiorari
• appeal
• per curiam
• amicus curiae

The effort to control or influence the conduct of government is called

• politics.
• laissez-faire.
• constitutional law.
• free market.

What are the two types of court cases?

• supreme and appellate
• civil and criminal
• appellate and civil
• criminal and supreme

This concept means that people elect representatives to serve their purposes in the government.

• Limited Government
• Judicial Review
• Representative Government
• Checks and Balances

What is the purpose of the Constitution?

• to limit the power of the government
• to declare the colonies independence from Great Britain
• to give the government more power
• to declare the colonies independence from France and Spain

A loose union of independent states is

• federal system.
• confederacy.
• constitutional government.
• unitary system.

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 using this Constitutional authority.

• commerce
• protection of states’ citizens
• taxing power
• war powers

This action is required to override a presidential veto.

• a judicial review
• a Constitutional convention
• a Supreme Court ruling
• a two-thirds vote of each house

In this part of the Constitution, the founders listed six purposes for American government.

• Preamble
• Articles
• Amendments
• Supremacy Clause

This elevated the Supreme Court to a status balancing the powers of the other branches.

• enumerated powers
• Constitutional amendment
• judicial review
• judicial activism