Federalism & the States and Local Government Quiz

Liam, Isla, and David are studying for their civics exam. They come across a term 'federalism'. Isla thinks it's the idea that power is shared between the national government and state governments. Liam thinks it's the idea that power is only for the national government. David thinks it's the idea that power is only for the states. And, their friend thinks it's the idea that power is shared between the state and the local government. Who is correct?

• The idea that power is shared between the national government and state governments (Isla)

• The idea that power is only for the national government (Liam)

• The idea that power is only for the states (David)

• The idea that power is shared between the state and the local government (Friend)

Abigail is studying for her civics test and comes across the term 'Enumerated, or delegated, powers'. Samuel explains it to her as:

• Powers granted to the national government

• Powers to declare war

• Powers that are only for the states

• Powers shared between the state and the national government

Anika, Zoe, and Benjamin are studying for their civics exam. They come across a term 'Reserved powers'. They discuss and conclude that Reserved powers are:

• Powers to declare war

• Powers shared between the state and the national government

• Powers that are only for the states

• Powers granted to the national government

Evelyn and Oliver are studying for their civics exam. They come across a term 'Concurrent powers'. Liam, who is good at civics, explains it as:

• Powers granted to the national government

• Powers that are only for the states

• Powers to declare war

• Powers shared between the state and the national government

James, Ava, and Noah are discussing about the roles of the Government. James thinks one of the roles is to tax the people. Is James correct?

• Run elections

• Build roads

• Set up and run schools

• Tax the people

Mia, Mason, and Abigail are learning about the powers of the State in their civics class. Their teacher gave them a list of actions and asked them to identify which one is an example of a State power. Which one would they choose?

• Running local elections

• Declaring war on another country

• Raising and supporting an army or a navy

• Making treaties with other nations

Abigail, Emma, and Ava are playing a game of 'Government'. If they want to exercise a Concurrent (shared) power, what could they do?

• Decide to collect game tokens from each player as 'tax'

• Declare a pretend 'war' on another team

• Make 'treaties' with other teams

• Raise and support a pretend 'army' or 'navy'

Nora, Hannah, and Avery are part of a school council. The council is trying to decide how to distribute power between the school's national student body and the individual state student bodies. What is the purpose of this kind of federalism?

• To make the state student bodies too powerful

• To eliminate the state student bodies

• To make the national student body too powerful

• To share power between the national student body and state student bodies

Harper, Rohan, and Hannah are participating in a school debate about the US Constitution. They are discussing the Tenth Amendment. According to this amendment, which powers does it relate to?

• Reserved powers

• Concurrent powers

• State powers

• Government powers

Noah, Samuel, and Priya are discussing the main idea of federalism in their civics class. According to their discussion, what is the main idea of federalism?

• It is to decentralize power to local governments like their city council

• It is to share power between national and state governments, like the US federal and state governments

• It is to centralize power in the national government, like the President's office

• It is to eliminate state governments, like the government of their home state