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WorksheetsFinal Exam Government (Units 1 + 2)
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a person running for government office...
a)
candidate
b)
nominate
c)
governor
d)
mayor
2.
to name someone as a possible candidate for election
a)
nominate
b)
register
c)
elect
d)
divide
3.
a large meeting of a group of people who share common ideas or goals
a)
convention
b)
political party
c)
union
d)
declaration
4.
a group of citizens who share common ideas about the way government should carry out its work
a)
convention
b)
political party
c)
constitution
d)
declaration
5.
a state election held to help select candidates within a party
a)
primary election
b)
political party
c)
constitutional convention
d)
preliminary
6.
a set of policies that a political party agrees to work for
a)
platform
b)
convention
c)
article
d)
amendment
7.
a person belonging or living in a country
a)
citizen
b)
candidate
c)
foreigner
d)
alien
8.
to sign up
a)
register
b)
nominate
c)
offer
d)
establish
9.
a list of people running for government office and a list of choices about laws
a)
ballot
b)
third party
c)
treatise
d)
pamphlet
10.
a party for voters who do not agree with the Democrats or the Republicans
a)
third party
b)
platform
c)
amendment
d)
primary election
11.
a woman that fought for women's right to vote
a)
Hillary Clinton
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Marilyn Monroe
d)
Ivanka Trump
12.
change to the Constitution that gave women the right to vote in 1920
a)
19th amendment
b)
1st amendment
c)
10th amendment
d)
Declaration of Independence
13.
1. Be a citizen of the U.S.A.
2. Be 18 years old.
3. Register.
4. Live in the state and city where the election takes place.
2. Be 18 years old.
3. Register.
4. Live in the state and city where the election takes place.
a)
Requirements to vote
b)
How a bill becomes a law
c)
Requirements to be president
d)
How to amend the Constitution
14.
a government in which one person has all the power
a)
autocracy
b)
democracy
c)
oligarchy
d)
theocracy
15.
a government in which a king or queen rules
a)
monarchy
b)
theocracy
c)
democracy
d)
oligarchy
16.
a governemnt in which the people hold the power
a)
democracy
b)
monarchy
c)
theocracy
d)
oligarchy
17.
a governemnt in which citizens elect leaders to govern in their name
a)
representative democracy
b)
oligarch
c)
theocracy
d)
monarchy
18.
a government in which citizens make laws directly
a)
direct democracy
b)
monarchy
c)
oligarch
d)
autocracy
19.
a government in which a small group has all the power
a)
oligarchy
b)
theocracy
c)
autocracy
d)
democracy
20.
a group of people that pick the president
a)
electoral college
b)
representative democracy
c)
legislative branch
d)
convention
21.
a government which recognizes God as the ultimate authority
a)
theocracy
b)
autocracy
c)
oligarchy
d)
monarchy
22.
the number of electors that California has
a)
55
b)
10
c)
24
d)
19
23.
the number of electors that Delaware has
a)
3
b)
22
c)
15
d)
50
24.
the total number of electors in the electoral college
a)
538
b)
55
c)
200
d)
13
25.
the number of electors a candidate needs to win the presidential election
a)
270
b)
50
c)
100
d)
17
26.
the most liberal political party
a)
Democrat Party
b)
Republican Party
c)
Nazi Party
d)
Freedom Party
27.
the most conservative political party
a)
Republican Party
b)
Democrat Party
c)
Communist Party
d)
Green Party
28.
A personthat believes in:
1. New ideas
2. Social progress
3. American's are better together than on their own
1. New ideas
2. Social progress
3. American's are better together than on their own
a)
liberal
b)
conservative
c)
anarchist
d)
segregationist
29.
A person that believes in:
1. American traditions
2. Strong military
3. Economy should be free
1. American traditions
2. Strong military
3. Economy should be free
a)
conservative
b)
liberal
c)
anarchist
d)
economist
30.
the United States' war of independence
a)
American Revolution
b)
Civil War
c)
World War 1
d)
War of 1812
31.
the original plan of government of the United States that created a loose alliance betwen the states
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Constitution
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Preamble
32.
meeting that took place in 1787 in Philadelphia to improve or replace the Articles of Confederation
a)
Constitutional Convention
b)
Civil War
c)
Great Meeting
d)
Articles of Confederation
33.
group of men that wrote the Constitution
a)
Founding Fathers
b)
Great Ones
c)
Writers of the Government
d)
Original Fathers
34.
systerm of government where power is shared between the state and national government
a)
federalism
b)
liberalism
c)
conservativism
d)
nationalism
35.
system in which each branch of government has the power to influence and block the other branches
a)
checks and balances
b)
federalism
c)
judicial review
d)
conventional powers
36.
branch of government that makes laws
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
d)
federal
37.
branch of government that interprets the laws
a)
judicial
b)
executive
c)
legislative
d)
federal
38.
branch of government that enforces or carries out the law
a)
judicial
b)
executive
c)
legislative
d)
federal
39.
having two houses or chambers
a)
bicameral
b)
bifocal
c)
bicycle
d)
biceps
40.
the first paragraph of the Constitution
a)
Preamble
b)
Amendment
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Article
41.
a change to the Constitution
a)
amendment
b)
preamble
c)
article
d)
bill
42.
first 10 amendments to the Constitution
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Rights
c)
Preamble of Rights
d)
Amendments of Freedom
43.
agreement of friendship between states
a)
confederation
b)
compromise
c)
article
d)
amendment
44.
a person who could be bought, sold and owned by another person
a)
slave
b)
employee
c)
master
d)
boss
45.
the making of an agreement in which each side gives up something
a)
compromise
b)
confederation
c)
union
d)
challenge
46.
having to do with the whole country
a)
national
b)
local
c)
conventional
d)
universal
47.
a group or the action of joining together
a)
union
b)
federal
c)
compromise
d)
agreement
48.
to make sure that people do what is required
a)
enforce
b)
encode
c)
compromise
d)
quarrel
49.
the type of money used by a country
a)
currency
b)
cash
c)
savings
d)
loan
50.
a plan
a)
framework
b)
union
c)
confederation
d)
convention
51.
fight
a)
quarrel
b)
framework
c)
currency
d)
confederation
52.
rebellion
a)
uprising
b)
union
c)
agreement
d)
framework
53.
an uprising of farmers in Massachusetts that took place after the American Revolution
a)
Shays Rebellion
b)
The Uprising
c)
The Great Quarrel
d)
Declaration of War
54.
the "Father of the Constitution" who wrote the Virginia Plan
a)
James Madison
b)
John Jefferson
c)
Thomas Adams
d)
George Washington
55.
a plan for a new constitution made up of three branches of government
a)
Virginia Plan
b)
Massachusetts Compromise
c)
Connecticut Deal
d)
Georgia Agreement
56.
the solution to the disagreement about representation at the Constitutional Convention
a)
Great Compromise
b)
Final Solution
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Fourth of July
57.
the year the Constitution was written
a)
1787
b)
1776
c)
1812
d)
1865
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