VA Government

A government with a separation of powers with checks and balances connected to the beliefs of which Enlightenment thinker?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Reformation

• Baron de Montesquieu

George Mason is credited with writing which founding document?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

Two or more governments having power over the same people at the same time is called -

• Republic

• Mercantilism

• Democracy

• Federalism

Which government has the power to raise a military and print money?

• National

• Local

• Citizen Participation

• Direct Democracy

These are the characteristic of a

• Limited government

• Unlimited government

• Constitutional monarchy

• Representative Democracy

The national government, state governments, and local governments all tax people in various ways. Because of this, the power to tax can be considered what kind of power?

• Denied power

• Implied power

• Concurrent power

• Direct democracy

When the government spends money on social services, it is spending money on

• the military

• roads, airports and bridges

• education, housing, health care

Which document established the first form of national government for the independent states, allowing the states to keep the major powers of government?

• A) The Constitution of the United States

• B) The Articles of Confederation

• C) The Bill of Rights

• D) The Declaration of Independence

What is the primary function of the Virginia General Assembly?

• A) To interpret laws

• B) To enforce laws

• C) To make laws

• D) To judge laws

Who is known as the 'Father of the Constitution'?

• A) Thomas Jefferson

• B) George Washington

• C) James Madison

• D) Benjamin Franklin