POD Midterm Exam

A sizable group of people who are united by common bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes, religion is known as a:

• Nation

• State

• Population

• Government

The essential features of a state include:

• Population, territory, sovereignty, and government

• Official flag, motto, flower, and bird

• Capital city, county seat, and city council

• Race, language, custom, and tradition

What was the result of the Great compromise?

• It kept a unicameral legislature without proportional representation-every state would be equally represented with one vote in the national legislature just as they had under the Articles of Confederation.

• Congress would be bicameral. The House of Representatives would be elected by the people and follow the system of proportional representation, and the Senate would have equal representation of the states.

What elements were included in the final compromise about commerce, trade, and slavery?

• The south would agree to let the national government regulate interstate and foreign trade.

• There would be no export tariffs.

• The South would pay extra tariffs to the North to even out the production gap.

• The North would not interfere with the importation of slaves until at least 1808.

Federalists supported a strong central government. Which characteristics best describe the federalists?

• Elite members of society

• Property owners

• Farmers and shop keepers

• Those with large debts

A unitary system of government...

• Gives all key powers to the national or central government

• divides the powers of government between the national government and the state or provincial governments

• is a loose union of independent states

• is when citizens hold the political power

A federal system of government

• divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments

• gives all key powers to the national or central government

• is a loose union of independent states

• is where citizens hold the political power

A confederal system of government...

• Is a loose union of independent states

• Divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments

• Gives all key powers to the national or central government

• Is where citizens hold the political power

Which philosopher heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson’s writing of the Declaration of independence?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rene Descartes

• Immanuel Kant

Which principle of the constitution is that government’s power is derived from the people?

• Popular sovereignty

• Limited government

• Federalism

• Checks and balances