Government Semester 1 Final

Which of the following examples shows a government exercising its executive powers?

• deciding whether or not a law is constitutional
• enforcing a new tax law
• making a law that alters voting requirements
• settling a dispute between two branches of government

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

• unicameral
• bicameral
• tricameral
• quadricameral

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

Which of the following is an example of checks and balances at work?

• The people choose not to re-elect a President whose policies they dislike.
• The Federal Government passes a law that overrides similar laws in several States.
• A bill passed by the House is vetoed by the Senate.
• Congress removes from the bench a federal judge who has accepted a bribe.

Which of the following statements supplies the information on proposing an amendment that is missing from the chart?

• A Supreme Court ruling that calls for an amendment to make a federal law constitutional.
• A vote by at least 3/4 of the State legislatures meeting independently at the request of the public.
• An executive order issued by the President and then approved by both houses of Congress.
• A national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of the State legislatures.

The chart shows some of the powers held by different levels of government in our federal system. Which of the following powers is a concurrent power shared by both the federal and State governments that is missing from the chart?

• Regulating interstate trade
• Licensing professionals such as doctors
• Seizing property without payment
• Setting punishments for crimes

States that joined the Union after the original 13 colonies

• were instructed to model their governments on the governments of those original States.
• were required to wait for 15 years before they could elect senators to represent their State.
• agreed to a follow a common set of local laws and polices established by the Northwest Ordinance.
• immediately received the same congressional status and constitutional rights as the original States.

What limit does the Constitution place on the ability of the U.S. government to add new States to the Union?

• An area must be a U.S. territory for at least 15 years and have a written constitution before it can apply for Statehood.
• The Supreme Court must approve the proposed constitution of any new State before it can be accepted.
• Congress cannot take territory from an existing State to create a new State without the permission of the original State's legislature.
• The President cannot become involved in any way with the decision to accept a new State into the Union.

Use the photo to help you answer the question. To which amendment in the Bill of Rights are these protests related?

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Fifth Amendment

The diagram shows some of the ways the executive branch can limit the power of the other branches. What is another way in which the executive branch can check the legislative branch that is missing from the diagram?

• approving treaties
• impeaching judges
• vetoing a bill
• declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional