Government Topic 3 Vocab Test

What is an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers?

• unicameral
• bicameral
• tricameral
• quadricameral

What means a government that exists only with the consent of the governed?

• popular sovereignty
• limited government
• separation of powers
• checks and balances

What states that government is restricted in what it may do?

• popular sovereignty
• limited government
• separation of powers
• checks and balances

What is a basic principle of American system of government that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government?

• popular sovereignty
• limited government
• separation of powers
• checks and balances

What is a system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others?

• popular sovereignty
• limited government
• separation of powers
• checks and balances

What is the chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature?

• rule of law
• veto
• judicial review
• federalism

What is a concept that the government and its officers are always subject to the law?

• rule of law
• veto
• judicial review
• federalism

What is the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action?

• rule of law
• veto
• judicial review
• federalism

What is a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments like States?

• rule of law
• veto
• judicial review
• federalism

What is a change in, or addition to a constitution or law?

• amendment
• ratification
• treaty
• executive agreement