Unit 1-4 Vocab Quiz

What is the power to make laws and to frame public policies called?

• Judicial power

• Executive power

• Legislative power

• Federal power

Which form of government is characterized by supreme authority resting with the people?

• Federalism

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Who were the individuals that supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788?

• Anti-Federalists

• Confederates

• Federalists

• Loyalists

What is the power to interpret laws and settle disputes within society known as?

• Legislative power

• Executive power

• Judicial power

• Federal power

What is a system of government where public policies are made by officials selected by voters and held accountable in periodic elections?

• Direct democracy

• Representative government

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

What was the plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution called?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• The Federalist Papers

What principle states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away?

• Unlimited government

• Limited government

• Totalitarianism

• Authoritarianism

What is the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws known as?

• Legislative power

• Judicial power

• Executive power

• Federal power

In which form of government are powers divided between a central government and several local governments?

• Unitary government

• Federal government

• Confederation

• Monarchy

What was the agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention that established a bicameral legislature?

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise