BCA: 6th Grade: Social Studies: Chapter 10 Test

a plan for a national government written for the American colonies in 1777

• Articles of Confederation
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights

a loose alliance of states in which each state maintains most or all power over itself

• union
• federation
• alliance
• confederation

to give formal approval to something so it can become legal or valid

• authorize
• validate
• ratify
• approve

government in which the states hold more power than the national government

• unitary government

• confederal government

• federal government

• decentralized government

having one house or chamber

• Bicameral Congress

• Unicameral Congress

• Tricameral Congress

• Multicameral Congress

a majority that is greater than 50%, often much greater

• hypermajority
• megamajority
• supermajority
• ultramajority

What are some major powers the Articles of Confederation gave to Congress? (select only the correct answers)

• declaring war

• managing foreign affairs

• appointing military officers

• managing Native American relationships

• resolving disagreements between the states

True or False:

The New National Government did not have a president or a nation court system?

• True

• False

The branch of government that makes the laws?

• legislative branch
• executive branch
• judicial branch

The branch of government that interprets the laws?

• Judiciary Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislature Branch