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WorksheetsBasic Prinicples of Government
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the doctrine that the people are sovereign and a government is subject to the will of the people?
a)
popular soverignty
b)
Monroe doctrine
c)
power
d)
domination
2.
______________ is the power of government to intervene in the exercise of civil liberties is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution.
a)
unlimited government
b)
totalitarian government
c)
limited government
d)
anarchy government
3.
__________ is the an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
a)
together powers
b)
checks and balances
c)
separation of powers
4.
the national legislative body of a country
a)
conference
b)
convention
c)
congress
d)
seminar
5.
_____________ is the counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
a)
balances and checks
b)
checks and balances
6.
How many members are in the US House of Representatives?
a)
500
b)
430
c)
435
d)
100
7.
How many members are in the senate?
a)
25
b)
50
c)
100
d)
435
8.
the legislative body of a country or state is _____
a)
legislature
b)
supreme court
c)
juducal
9.
the elected head of a republican state is called the _____.
a)
vice-president
b)
president
c)
head of state
10.
__________ is an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.
a)
vice president
b)
president
c)
senator
11.
having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect
a)
administrative
b)
decision-making
c)
executive
12.
the highest judicial court in a country or state
a)
supreme court
b)
judicial court
13.
appropriate to a court or judge
a)
judicial
b)
official
c)
legal
14.
review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
a)
judicial review
b)
supreme review
15.
the federal principle or system of government
a)
federalism
b)
federalist party
16.
______ is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
a)
charter
b)
bill of rights
c)
constutition
d)
law
17.
____ is the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
a)
bill of rights
b)
right of bills
18.
An agreement among the thirteen original states, approved in 1781, that provided a loose federal government before the present Constitution went into effect in 1789
a)
articles of confederation
b)
confederation of articles
19.
rights held by individual people
a)
group rights
b)
self rights
c)
individual rights
20.
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state
a)
self-government
b)
republic
c)
commonwealth
d)
democracy
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