Chapter 3 Federalism Vocab Test

What is a governmental structure with two levels of government in which each level has sovereignty over different policy matters and geographic areas?

• Federal System
• Confederal System
• Unitary System
• Territory System

What is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by levels of government, national and state?

• Federalism
• Unitary System
• Confederal System
• State System

What is a governmental system in which one central government is the sovereign government and it creates other, regional governments to which it delegates some governing powers and responsibilities?

• Unitary System
• Confederal System
• Bounty System
• Federal System

What is a government structure in which several independent sovereign states agree to cooperate on specified policy matters by creating a central governing body; each sovereign state retains ultimate authority over other governmental matters within its borders?

• Unitary System
• Confederal System
• Typical System
• Federal System

What are basic governing functions that are exercised by the national and state governments independently, and at the same time?

• concurrent powers
• enumerated powers
• implied powers
• reserved powers

What are the powers of the national government that are listed in the Constitution?

• concurrent powers
• enumerated powers
• implied powers
• reserved powers

What are the powers of the national government that are not enumerated in the Constitution but that Congress claims are necessary and proper for the national government to fulfill its enumerated powers in accordance with the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution?

• concurrent powers
• enumerated powers
• implied powers
• reserved powers

What are the matters referred to in the Tenth Amendment over which the states retain sovereignty?

• concurrent powers
• enumerated powers
• implied powers
• reserved powers

What is a clause of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to do whatever it deems necessary and constitutional to meet its enumerated obligations?

• necessary and proper clause
• supremacy clause
• full faith and credit clause
• privileges and immunities clause

What is the constitutional clause that requires states to comply with and uphold the public acts, records, and judicial decisions of other states?

• necessary and proper clause
• supremacy clause
• full faith and credit clause
• privileges and immunities clause