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7 Principles of Government

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Popular Sovereignty?

a)

political theory that government is created and subject to the will of the pepole

b)

the principle or people or policies of the

Republican party

c)

the federal principle or system of government

d)

vegan propaganda

2.

What are the three branches of our government?

a)

legislative, legal, ruler

b)

legislative, judicial, executive

c)

republic, representative, senator

d)

governor, president, congress

3.

What is federalism?

a)

a verb describing a butterfly in the cocoon

b)

what you call a person who is a federalist while they are in the act of supporting the government

c)

one of 8 principles

d)

a system of government where power is shared between a central government and the states

4.

What is the act of dividing the legislative, executive, and judicial branches into separate bodies?

a)

republicanism

b)

separation of powers

c)

the 5th amendment

d)

the 28th admendment

5.

Checks and balances are...

a)

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.

b)

are influences by which an organization or system is not regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individual groups

c)

another part of separation of powers

d)

achieved when the legislative branch approves presidential appointments

6.

limited government.....

a)

is in the United States of America

b)

is part of the 8 principle of government

c)

the government only has the powers that the Constitution specifically gives it

d)

is in the first amendment

7.

Individual rights...

a)

are rights only white men have

b)

are rights granted only to certain few

c)

are granted by the Bill of Rights

d)

were influenced by John Locke

8.

What group of people refused to accept the US constitution until it specifically listed the INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS of the American people?

a)

federalists

b)

anti-federalists

c)

colonist

d)

republicans

9.

Which are powers left to the states?

a)

establish local governments

b)

maintain/create schools

c)

provide public safety

d)

make copyright laws

10.

How does the executive branch CHECK the legislative branch and the judicial branch?

a)

appoints the Speaker of the House

b)

ability to nominate judges

c)

writes laws

d)

authority to call special sessions of Congress