AG Final -Semester 1

The functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are kept separate by which of the following?

• Checks & balances

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

• Social Contract

The theory that states that governments exist because of an agreement among the people:

• Social Contract theory

• Divine Right theory

• Force theory

• Evolutionary theory

A system of government in which power is divided between the national government and the state government:

• a confederation

• a dictatorship

• a federal system

• totalitarianism

A system of government in which rule is by the people:

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Socialism

• Communism

What philosopher said that citizens had the right to create governments and the right to dissolve their governments if they failed them?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke    

• Adam Smith

• Benjamin Franklin

In 1215, King John signed the ______________, which laid the foundation of limited government

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Right

This document was proposed to gain state support for the proposed US Constitution

• Pentagon Papers

• Federalist Papers

• Petition of Right

• Bill of Rights

The framers of the Constitution provided for separation of powers and checks and balances to:

• Safeguard individual rights

• Make amending the Constitution easier

• Protect states’ rights  

• prevent any branch from becoming too strong

The Constitution creates what type of government?

• Pure Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

• Aristocracy

What concept did the case of Marbury v Madison establish?

• Habeas corpus

• Judiciary exemption

• Elastic Clause

• Judicial review