Chapter 3 Civics Review Game

Powers shared by the state governments and national government are also known as?

• Reserved Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Enumerated Powers

• Federal Powers

An institutional arrangement that creates two relatively autonomous levels of government, each possessing the capacity to act directly on behalf of the people with the authority granted to it by the national constitution?

• A Tradeoff

• The Branches of Power

• Federalism

• Confederation

What is a system where authority is concentrated in the national government called what?

• Federalism

• A Confederation

• National System

• Unitary System

A strategy in which interest groups select the level and branch of government (legislature, judiciary, or executive) they calculate will be most advantageous for them is known as what?

• Leveling

• Venue Shopping

• Legislature Shopping

• Strategizing

What describes the gradual movement of states into the immigration policy domain?

• State Laws

• Immigration Documentation

• Border Policy

• Immigration Federalism

__________________ ________ are federal transfers that give the least amount of choice to recipients and have the strictest rules and regulations on how they are used.

• Categorical Grants

• Block Grants

• Revenue Sharing

• Unfunded Mandates

The states and national government exercise exclusive authority in distinctly delineated spheres of jurisdiction is known as ________ ____________________.

• Dual Federalism

• Cooperative Federalism

• Confederal System

• Unitary System

__________________ ________________ are federal laws and regulations that impose obligations on state and local governments without fully compensating them for the administrative costs they incur.

• Unfunded Mandates

• Federal Grants

• State Subsidies

• Local Ordinances

The ________________ _______ in Article VI of the Constitution regulates relationships between the federal and state governments by declaring that the Constitution and federal law are the supreme law of the land.

• Supremacy Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Establishment Clause

• Equal Protection Clause

A __ ______ _______ law criminalizes an offense after it’s been committed and is unconstitutional.

• Ex Post Facto

• Retroactive

• Preemptive

• Proactive