American Revolution Vocabulary Quiz

Distribution of power within a government - in the United States: (1) division of power between three branches (2) division of powers between central and state government

• Federalism

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

The group of people that has power to make laws and important decisions for a community, state, or nation is known as ______.

• Government

• Parliament

• Senate

• Council

Which document outlines a system of beliefs and laws by which a nation is governed?

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

Federalism involves the division of power between central and ______ government.

• Local

• State

• Regional

• Municipal

The United States practices a division of power between three branches under which system?

• Federalism

• Unitarianism

• Confederation

• Autocracy

An agreement that is reached when each side gives up something

• Constitution

• Charter

• Compromise

• Proclamation

The action of speaking or acting on someone else's behalf 

• Representation

• Centralism

• Regionalism

• Localism

A system of government in which all people are involved in the political process, usually through voting

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Legislature

Change in a legal document

• Federalism

• Amendment

• Right

• Law

Mandatory contribution to a government's revenue

• Taxes

• Import

• Stock Market

• Mercantilism