Powers of Government Quiz

What is federalism?

• A system of government in which power is concentrated in a central authority.

• A system of government in which power is divided among multiple central authorities.

• A system of government in which power is concentrated in constituent political units.

• A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.

Name the three levels of government in a federal system.

• national government, county governments, and city governments

• federal government, state or provincial governments, and local governments

• central government, regional governments, and municipal governments

• federal authority, provincial authorities, and local authorities

What are the exclusive powers of the federal government?

• Levy taxes, establish courts, maintain a military, establish schools

• Issue driver's licenses, regulate healthcare, enforce traffic laws, establish national parks

• Create and enforce laws, establish a national religion, regulate the media, control the internet

• Declare war, regulate interstate and foreign commerce, coin money, establish post offices, make treaties

What are the concurrent powers of the federal and state governments?

• Taxation, establishing courts, making and enforcing laws

• Education, healthcare, defense

• Infrastructure, environmental protection, social welfare

• Foreign policy, immigration, trade

What are the reserved powers of the state governments?

• Establish and maintain a postal system, regulate immigration, establish a national transportation system

• Regulate intrastate commerce, establish and maintain schools, conduct elections, establish local governments, regulate public health and safety

• Collect taxes, declare war, establish a national currency

• Regulate international trade, maintain a standing army, interpret the Constitution

What is the Supremacy Clause?

• The Supremacy Clause establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land.

• The Supremacy Clause only applies to certain states and not all of them.

• The Supremacy Clause states that state laws take precedence over federal laws.

• The Supremacy Clause is a clause in the Constitution that gives the President ultimate power over all branches of government.

What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?

• A provision in the United States Constitution that grants the states the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out their enumerated powers.

• A provision in the United States Constitution that grants the President the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out their enumerated powers.

• A provision in the United States Constitution that grants Congress the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out its enumerated powers.

• A provision in the United States Constitution that grants the Supreme Court the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out their enumerated powers.

What is the Tenth Amendment?

• An amendment to the United States Constitution that grants all powers to the federal government.

• An amendment to the United States Constitution that limits the powers of the states.

• An amendment to the United States Constitution that establishes the separation of powers between the three branches of government.

• An amendment to the United States Constitution that reserves powers not delegated to the federal government for the states or the people.

States do not have the right to

• regulate interstate commerce.

• borrow money.

• levy taxes.

• establish courts

Both the national and state governments can take private property for public use

• True

• False