WorksheetsMsT's Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship Finals Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins
Which of the following would be considered characteristics of a nation-state?
Henan Province, China with 1.4 billion people, no foreign policy
Texas shares a natural border with Mexico, but the border is managed by federal, not state authorities
The US President can negotiate with Asian nations and enforce domestic laws
Brazil has 209.3 million people, sovereignty in domestic and foreign policy and defined territory.
Which theory holds that governments are founded through the consent of the governed to submit to state authority?
Social Contract Theory
Evolution Theory
Divine Right Theory
Natural Law Theory
Which of the following is an example of a function of government?
Militia take over and destroy federal land as a form of armed protest in Oregon.
After 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security is formed to promote national security in coordination with the FBI, NSA and CIA.
There is no religious requirement for political office.
Citizens petition for higher capital gains taxes on inherited wealth.
Which statement best reflects de Tocqueville's perspective on public good and republicanism in American society?
Abrogating personal interests and consenting to community and political participation upholds the republic.
Providing entitlements such as food stamps and Section 8 housing.
Only young voters between the ages of 18 and 35 should actively vote for the future of society.
Building border walls is necessary to strengthen the republic.
Why is sovereignty essential to the recognition of the state?
Sovereignty isn't necessary because international organizations can override states in global matters like climate change.
Sovereignty is a part of the characteristics of a state, but government is more important.
Syria lost international legitimacy and has its domestic and foreign policy controlled by Russia during its civil war.
Sovereignty is upheld in Article 2(7) of the United Nations Charter.
Why did Hamilton & Madison fear majority rule in Federalist No. 51?
Majority rule ("mob" rule) could threaten the natural rights of individuals, including the liberty to act as they choose.
Majority rule is not an issue within liberal democracies.
The U.S. required the establishment of elite minorities in charge, not the populism of majority rule.
Majority rule was not feared by Hamilton and Madison.
How did the 14th Amendment expand the concept of rule of law from its origins within Magna Carta (1215)?
The U.S. Constitution as a whole provides federal and state legitimacy, so rule of law doesn't matter.
The 14th Amendment did not go far enough, so federal and state actions don't follow any rule of law.
Expanded Bill of Rights protections from federal to state laws, so that no one is above the law and all receive due process protections.
We already had Amendments 4 through 7 dealing with criminal and civil law issues, so the 14th Amendment is redundant.
Early political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and others, supported the divine right theory of rule where rule is legitimized by God.
True
False
Magna Carta's legacy was in the promotion of rule of law and due process and has inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Declaration of Independence.
True
False
Thomas Hobbes believed that men were selfish, but also were free, equal and independent, consenting to government for mutual benefit.
True
False
Why was protecting economic freedom important to early American leaders?
In order to establish a new aristocratic class with monopolies over goods and services.
To maintain an agrarian (farming) society that would not require government intervention.
Their economic policies were vague so that later administrations could impose harsh regulations against property.
They adhered to Locke and Smith on the need to protect the natural right to property and empowering individuals to build wealth.
The English Bill of Rights (1689) codified liberties including the right to bear arms, petition government and freedom from cruel and unusual punishments.
True
False
Mexico's constitution divides government between national and state institutions. Which system of organized power does Mexico have?
Capitalism
Federalism
Unitary
Confederal
Why do more global governments choose parliamentary rather than presidential systems?
Prime Ministers are more easily impeached and replaced if they do not reflect the will of the people.
Prime Ministers are more directly accountable to parliament and branches of government are more unified to efficient pass laws.
Parliamentary systems are not preferable, due to the need for coalition building in multi-party election processes.
Vladimir Putin, having served as President and Prime Minister of Russia, approves this form of government and so others must follow.
How were states able to limit the powers of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
9 out of 13 states were required for national action in diplomacy, declarations of war and there was no national currency, impeding interstate commerce.
States could determine their own taxation rates and collections to independent treasuries.
Congress had sufficient authority to act on behalf of the nation in negotiating treaties, so they were not limited.
Congress had the power to settle disputes as a court of last resort, but states could refuse to attend and issue their own declarations.
How did the British Petition of Right (1628) limit the monarchy and inspire separation of powers in the US Constitution?
Parliament, not the monarch, could authorize new taxes and prohibited the monarch from unlawfully imprisoning people or quartering troops in private homes.
Re-authorized Magna Carta, but shared taxation authority with the monarch and allowed for quartering troops during civil unrest.
the monarch kept the right to tax; civil and political rights, including due process and no quartering of troops during peacetime, only applied to landowners and barons.
The Petition of Right was ripped up by King Charles II when he was restored to the throne.
What ideas expressed in Magna Carta were most influential to the Framers of the US Constitution?
Establishing a legislative body (nobles) with the power of the purse and rule of law, including due process.
The ability of Pope Innocent III to overrule the British barons and permit King John to re-negotiate the terms of the charter.
The newly minted House of Lords can overthrow their monarch through impeachment proceedings and set their own tax rates.
Creates a unicameral House of Lords that can advise, but still subservient to King John in taxes and rule of law.
Which of these circumstances illustrates the danger of majority rule?
The Defense of Marriage Act (1992) is ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court as a result of the Obergefell case.
North Carolina passes HB2, a law designed to repress a specified group of people through regulation of bathroom use.
A petition is signed by 220,000 citizens (out of more than 330 million citizens) to abolish the Electoral College.
A prisoner is erroneously paroled from state prison and commits another criminal act while free.
North Korea has a totalitarian-style regime under President Kim Jong-un and all citizens either belong to the state political party or submit to its supreme authority. What type of national organized power does North Korea represent?
Oligarchy
Confederal
Unitary
Federal
How do Hobbes and Locke represent the concept of a social contract differently?
Vladimir Putin's philosophy aligns with Hobbes through imposition of his will as the representation of all Russian voices, rather than Locke's concept of mutual consent.
Hobbes visualizes the contract as an authoritarian rule, whereas Locke prefers a compact that promotes the protection of civil and political liberties based on natural rights.
Hobbes and Locke actually agree that the only method in which men are induced to cohabit in peace is through subjugation of their will to the state by force.
Hobbes and Locke both agree that subjects have the right of rebellion against their governments.
What are the three levels of government within the U.S. federal system?
legislative, state, school board
local, state, president
local, state, national
only the president matters
What are the three branches of government established by the US Constitution?
school board, governor, supreme court
legislative, supreme court, prime minister
legislative, executive, judicial
The number of seats in the House of _______, are determined by the 10-year census, allowing for ______ ______.
Lords, popular sovereignty
Representatives, proportional representation
Pain, potential catastrophe
The ___________________ branch is responsible for making ____ and is ________, or having 'two houses'.
executive, orders, unicameral
legislative, opinions, multi-cameral
legislative, laws, bi-cameral
The ______ or 'upper house', has ___ delegates per state, for a total of ____ senators.
Congress, 5, for a total of 250
Cabinet, 1.5, 75
Senate, 2, 100
What is NOT a power of Congress?
Declare War
Regulate interstate commerce
Establish and support a state religion
Establish post offices
The ______ is the head of the executive branch and takes an oath "to the best of my ability ____, ____, and _____ the _______ of the United States."
Prime Minister, review, respond, defend, Bill of Rights
President, respect, reflect, remember, Constitution
President, preserve, protect, defend, Constitution
The President is responsible for _____ laws; can grant _____, call Congress into ______, appoint ____ justices and ______ members, which must be ______ by the Senate.
making, reprieves, order, federal, Cabinet, questioned
enforcing, clemency, committee, state, Cabinet, ignored
enforcing, pardons, session, Supreme Court, Cabinet, confirmed
The _______ branch, is responsible for ____ ____ of laws and is the final court of ______.
Judicial, secondary enforcement, adjudication
Judicial, death panel, supremacy
Judicial, constitutional review, appeals
What concept is exemplified by the 10th Amendment - "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Popular Sovereignty
The presidential veto can be overridden by a 2/3 vote of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, illustrating this limitation.
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Act of Supremacy
Delegates of the House of Representatives is capped at 435 members and determined by the population as counted in the decennial census.
Popular Sovereignty
Proportional representation
Speculation
During the French Revolutionary period of the 1790s, the government sold currency, driving up consumer prices on less available goods and services.
Speculation
Deflation
Profit
Inflation
The War Powers Resolution (Act) of 1973 clarified the role of Congress in declaring war and the President's role as Commander in Chief.
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Enumerated Powers
Power is derived from the consent of the governed and can be overridden by the will of the people in cases of tyranny.
popular sovereignty
social contract
capitalism
According to Magna Carta, justice cannot be bought or sold, no can have preference in prosecution or sentencing.
judicial review
checks and balances
rule of law
Barack Obama started as a Chicago community organizer, attended Harvard and later was elected president in 2008 and 2012.
self-government
equality
socialism
Moral worth entitles fair treatment, including in public institutions such as schools and government agencies.
Liberty
Self-government
Communism
Equality
President Trump’s Executive Orders banning immigration from specific countries as necessary to national security represents this.
politics
policy
sovereignty
The Clean Air and Clean Water Acts are examples of the fulfillment of functions (make laws) performed by this entity.
parliament
government
state
Tuvalu, with 12,000 citizens, defined territory and sovereignty, characterizes this type of political unit.
government
state
population
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and the state legislature must budget scarce revenue to maintain public education.
policy
politics
economy
Micro, studying individual actors, as well as Macro, studying the aggregate national _______.
Industry
Capital
Economy
Investments to improve the means of production.
capital
industry
capitalism
According to Adam Smith, individuals act in their own self-interest and market competition leads to greater community wealth through more efficient productivity and wider availability of goods and services.
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
The unfair accumulation of private property at the expense of the average workers through “surplus value.”
Exploitation
Capitalism
Privilege
The House of Representatives provides numerous ___________ bills to build the annual U.S. budget, which must be signed by the President within the fiscal year to avoid a government shut-down.
capital
allocation
appropriations
Government has the sole duty to provide infrastructure through public/private partnerships because there is no _____ repaid to individuals and companies directly.
refunds
appropriations
profit
Government preferences through specialized taxation or grants that promote one industry at the expense of others.
subsidies
profit
capitalism
exploitation
A stateless society where bourgeois property is abolished, the proletariat assume power as the ruling elite, and wealth is redistributed to continue rapid industrialization.
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
A system characterized by a progressive or graduated income tax and government regulations towards achieving specific social goals such as public education, health care in coordination with public-private ownership of production.
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
"mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together in a ______."
constitution
body politic
state of nature
A written document that sets forth the structure, responsibilities and limitations of government, which is difficult to amend and preserves civil and political liberties.
policy
constitution
covenant
In Switzerland citizens elect representatives to two separate assemblies; however, citizens can also propose and vote directly on various laws several times a year. What two forms of government is represented?
Constitutional monarchy and direct democracy
Direct democracy and republic
Oligarchy and democracy
Saudi Arabia is ruled by a king, who appoints a council of ministers; the Saudi Basic Law refers to the Qu'ran and religious traditions as the state constitution. There are no elections.
Constitutional monarchy and oligarchy
Absolute monarchy and dictatorship
Constitutional monarchy and theocracy
