Unit I Summative Assessment

Match the following.

• Nation-State

• Rule by a single individual.

• Autocracy

• When the territory of a nation and a state coincide.

• Nation

• System in which the national or central government holds all key powers.

• Federal System

• A sizable group of people united by common race, language, custom, tradition or religion.

• Unitary System

• System which the powers of government are divided between the national and state governments.

Match the following

• Theocracy

• A small group hold control over the government.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Ideological or religious group holds control over the government.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Inherited ruler, who shares power with an elected legislature.

• Totalitarian Dictatorship

• Complete and unlimited control over the people, by an inherited ruler.

• Oligarchy

• A single leader's ideas are glorified and control all aspects of the state.

Match the following

• Limited Government

• Government power is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution.

• Popular Sovereignty

• The authority of a state is created and sustained by consent of the people.

• Separation of Powers

• Government is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers.

Match the following

• Judicial Review

• Principle of government under which separate branches of government are empowered to prevent actions by other branches.

• Checks and Balances

• Process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.

• Federalism

• Power and responsibility are divided between a federal government and local or state governments.

Match the following

• Article II

• Legislative Branch

• Article III

• Contains the Bill of Rights

• Amendments

• Judicial Branch

• Preamble

• Executive Branch

• Article I

• Statement of Purpose and Goals

Match the following

• Chief Administrator

• Ceremonial head of the Government.

• Chief of State

• Sets the direction of the executive branch.

• Chief Executive

• Determines and implements domestic and foreign policy.

• Chief Diplomat

• Directs American foreign policy.

Match the following

• Chief Citizen

• Main architect of Public Policy.

• Chief Legislator

• Leader of the Party he is a member of.

• Chief of his Party

• Commands all U.S. Armed Forces.

• Commander in Chief

• "the representative of all the people"

Place the following in the order of Presidential Succession.

• Vice President

• Speaker of the House of Representatives.

• President pro tempore of the Senate.

• Secretary of State

Ratification of the U.S. Constitution required 10 states to approve of the new government.

• True

• False

In order to have a favorable condition for a democracy, it is important to have a favorable economy.

• True

• False