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- Unit 2 - Test Review - The Constitution

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Run Public Schools
a)
Federal Power
b)
State Power
c)
Shared Power
2.
Make treaties and deals with foreign countries
a)
Federal Power
b)
State Power
c)
Shared Power
3.
Declare War
a)
Federal Power
b)
State Power
c)
Shared Power
4.
Create an army and a navy
a)
Federal Power
b)
State Power
c)
Shared Power
5.
Establish local governments
a)
Federal Power
b)
State Power
c)
Shared Power
6.
Print money
a)
Federal Power
b)
State Power
c)
Shared Power
7.
Collect Taxes
a)
Federal Power
b)
State Power
c)
Shared Power
8.
Make and Enforce Laws
a)
Federal Power
b)
Shared Power
c)
Shared Power
9.
Form of government where the power is shared between the national gov'ts and local gov'ts
a)
Unitary
b)
Confederation
c)
Federalism
d)
Communism
10.
can veto laws
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
11.
can impeach president
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
12.
can declare laws unconstitutional
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
13.
can nominate judges
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
14.
includes president, vice president and cabinet
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
15.
officials can serve for life
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
16.
 includes Supreme Court
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
17.
includes Congress
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
18.
includes the House of Representatives
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
19.
includes the Senate
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
20.
interprets laws
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
21.
makes laws
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
22.
enforces laws
a)
legislative branch
b)
executive branch
c)
judicial branch
23.
America’s central government is known as the federal government. 
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The Constitution divides federal power among three branches of government.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states or the people.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The Bill of Rights is part of what American document?
a)
Proclamation Act of 1763
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Constitution of the United States
27.
Guarantees Freedom of Speech
a)
1st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
28.
Guarantees freedom from quartering soldiers in our homes
a)
1st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
29.
Guarantees freedom from testifying against yourself
a)
1st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
30.
Guarantees a trial by jury in a civil lawsuit of more than $20
a)
1st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
31.
Guarantees freedom of the press
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
32.
Guarantees freedom from Double Jeopardy (being tried fro the same crime twice)
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
33.
Just because a right is not specifically mentioned in the Constitution does not mean the people are not entitled to that right
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
34.
Guarantees freedom to assemble peacefully
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
35.
Guarantees the right to petition the government 
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
36.
Guarantees the right to a fair trial
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
37.
Forbids unlawful searches and seizures of persons, homes, and effects without a search warrant
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
38.
Guarantees the right of citizens to bear arms (own guns)
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
39.
Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
40.
Forbids excessive fines as punishment
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
41.
Forbids cruel and unusual punishment
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
42.
States that powers not given to the Federal government or denied to the States, are powers reserved for the States (people).
a)
10th Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
43.
The Constitution established the principle of majority rule so decisions represent what ____________
a)
what the rich people want
b)
what America wants
c)
the lawyers say
d)
most of the people want
44.
Police must get a warrant.
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
45.
Due Process means legal fairness
a)
True
b)
False
46.
The American legal system that every person be treated fairly is known as what?
a)
Due process of law
b)
Fairness of law
c)
Legally Fair
d)
US Fairness
47.
Eminent Domain
a)
The right of authority to take private property for public use.
b)

The right to vote
48.
What's the most likely reason immigrants want to move to the US today?
a)
religious reasons
b)
better medical care
c)
build a better life
d)
visit relatives
49.
What is PACs
a)
Political action committe
b)
Political assembly comittees
c)
Press assembly comuunist
d)
parties action committees
50.
organization of people with shared policy goals entering the policy process to achieve these goals
a)
interest group
b)
pluralist group
c)
single issue group
d)
elite group
51.
deport
a)
disagreement with authority or popular opinion
b)
to throw away
c)
to expel from a country
52.
A required military service is known as a 
a)
draft
b)
compulsory
c)
dubs
d)
PAC