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AP Gov Final Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do you join a political party?

a)

Party declaration

b)

Party registration

c)

Party appartchik

d)

Party City

2.

Which of these is a meeting of local party members to discuss a platform and/or choose a candidate?

a)

Caucus

b)

Primary

c)

Gerrymandering

d)

Convention

3.

When a voters reject partisan positions in a manner that tends to cause a rise in the number of independents, what occurs?

a)

Defenestration

b)

Disestablishment

c)

Dealignment

d)

Detente

4.

Which describes the difference in political opinion between men and women?

a)

Gender gap

b)

Gender parity

c)

Gender issues

d)

Gender identity

5.

Lobbying is the act of...

a)

Attempting to influence legislators

b)

Attempting to sway public opinion

c)

Attempting to use the media

d)

Attempting to win elections

6.

Which of the following cases established the concept of Judicial Review?

a)

Gibbons v. Ogden

b)

Citizens United v. FEC

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

McCulloch v. Maryland

7.

Which of the following cases overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

US v. Lopez

d)

Engel v. Vitale

8.

What doctrine is the primary concern of McCulloch v. Maryland?

a)

Commerce Clause

b)

Elastic Clause

c)

Supremacy Clause

d)

Checks and Balances

9.

What was the holding in Gideon v. Wainwright?

a)

The doctrine of 'Separate but Equal' is inherently unfair and thus unconstitutional.

b)

Criminal defendants in state court have the right to legal representation via the 14th Amendment.

c)

The 5th Amendment guarantees the right of a defendant not to incriminate himself or herself.

d)

The Commerce Clause effectively gives Congress the ability to pass legislation on any topic that touches on interstate commerce.

10.

What topic does Tinker v. Des Moines primarily deal with?

a)

Freedom of religious expression in the military.

b)

Libel and public figures.

c)

Congressional redistricting and race.

d)

Symbolic speech and schools.

11.

The desire to see the US stretch "from sea to shining sea" refers to...

a)

Manifest destiny

b)

Disestablishment

c)

Deontology

d)

Space filling

12.

The belief in the superiority of one's ethnic group is...

a)

Racism

b)

Bigotry

c)

Ethnocentrism

d)

Biology

13.

Which of the following cases deals with the right to privacy and abortion?

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Griswold v. Connecticut

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

US v. Nixon

14.

Which case most effectively limits Congress' powers under the Commerce Clause?

a)

Engel v. Vitale

b)

Baker v. Carr

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

US v. Lopez

15.

Which case deals with the Supreme Court's right to deal with legislative apportionment and redistricting?

a)

Baker v. Carr

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Engel v. Vitale

16.

The domination of a field of business by a single company is...

a)

Kahoot

b)

Trust

c)

Gerrymandering

d)

Monopoly

17.

Democratic and civil values give rise to...

a)

Social security

b)

Social capital

c)

Social anxiety

d)

Social spending

18.

The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms of a culture in relation to politics can be referred to as...

a)

Social capital

b)

Political culture

c)

Political party

d)

Political system

19.

The superseding of a state or local law by federal law is known as...

a)

Secession

b)

Nullification

c)

Preemption

d)

Caucus

20.

The clause in the Constitution requiring states to honor the judgement of other states is the...

a)

Full Faith and Credit Clause

b)

Necessary and Proper Clause

c)

Elastic Clause

d)

Commerce Clause

21.

Which of the following cases deals with prayer in school?

a)

Tinker vs. Des Moines

b)

US v. Lopez

c)

Engel v. Vitale

d)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

22.

New York Times vs. US mainly deals with...

a)

The 1st Amendment

b)

The 2nd Amendment

c)

The 4th Amendment

d)

The 14th Amendment

23.

Schenk vs. US concerns all but which of the following?

a)

The number of hours an employee can work

b)

Congress' power under the Commerce clause

c)

Congress' ability to regulate businesses

d)

Congress' ability to set wages

24.

Which case determind that the Second Amendment also applied to the states?

a)

McDonald v. Chicago

b)

Tinker vs. Des Moines

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

McCulloch v. Maryland

25.

Shaw v. Reno dealt with...

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Presidential Pardons

c)

Gerrymandering

d)

Racial Profiling

26.

Citizens United v. FEC established that...

a)

Spending money on political campaigns falls under the 1st Amendment

b)

Racial gerrymandering of districts is unconstitutional

c)

State taxation of federal buildings violates the Supremacy Clause

d)

The that Supreme Court has the right to review the cases of lower courts.

27.

Which of the following cases concerned the 1st Amendment and a parent's right not to send children to school after the age of 16?

a)

Tinker vs. Des Moines

b)

Engel vs. Vitale

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

US v. Lopez

28.

The clause of the Constitution that allows Congress to do what they must to carry out their Constitutional duties is the...

a)

Full Faith and Credit Clause

b)

Necessary and Proper Clause

c)

Commerce Clause

d)

Supremacy Clause

29.

The first step in formally removing a government figure from office is...

a)

Investigation

b)

Impeachment

c)

Indictment

d)

Secession

30.

A formal agreement between the US and another nation is a...

a)

Binding agreement

b)

Contract

c)

Treaty

d)

Pact

31.

This was an attempt to disenfranchise black and poor voters.

a)

Income Tax

b)

Sales Tax

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Carbon Tax

32.

The Constitutional system that divides power between the state and national government is known as...

a)

Confederacy

b)

Nationalism

c)

Federalism

d)

Unilateralism

33.

The court that has jurisdiction to hear cases already heard by other courts is the...

a)

Court of original jurisdiction

b)

Court of trade

c)

Court of appeal

d)

District court

34.

The clause that prevents the states from modifying a contract between individuals is the...

a)

Commerce Clause

b)

Necessary and Proper Clause

c)

Contracts Clause

d)

Elastic Clause

35.

This clause can be found originally in the 5th Amendment and a similar clause can be found in the 14th Amendment

a)

Commerce Clause

b)

Full Faith and Credit Clause

c)

Necessary and Proper Clause

d)

Due Process Clause

36.

The Clause in the Constitution that gives national laws preference over local laws is the...

a)

Necessary and Proper Clause

b)

Elastic Clause

c)

Supremacy Clause

d)

Commerce Clause

37.

The clause that ensures that laws are executed properly is the...

a)

Necessary and Proper Clause

b)

Full Faith and Credit Clause

c)

Commerce Clause

d)

Take Care Clause

38.

Special spending on projects can be called...

a)

Entitlements

b)

Social capital

c)

Earmarks

d)

Populism

39.

Lawyers provided to those who cannot afford their own attorneys are...

a)

Public defenders

b)

Attorneys general

c)

Federal prosecutors

d)

Special prosecutors

40.

Programs like social security and Medicare are...

a)

Excessive programs

b)

Entitlement programs

c)

Assistance programs

d)

Tax shelters

41.

A policy that takes money from one group and gives it to another is...

a)

Redistributive

b)

Retributive

c)

Recession

d)

Retroactive

42.

A tax that makes those with higher incomes pay more in taxes is...

a)

Regressive tax

b)

Progressive tax

c)

Income Tax

d)

Flat tax

43.

What is the process of sending American jobs overseas?

a)

Offshoring

b)

Offloading

c)

Excavation

d)

Extrication

44.

Which of these is not a type of tax in the United States?

a)

Property tax

b)

Sales tax

c)

Value added tax

d)

Immigration tax

45.

What can individuals use to make tax-free contributions to their own medical care.

a)

Retirement Savings Accout

b)

Financial Savings Account

c)

Educational Savings Account

d)

Medical Savings Account

46.

Courts of appeal have what kind of jurisdiction?

a)

Appellate

b)

Original

c)

de Novo

d)

Final

47.

A general vote by the electorate on a single politcal question is a...

a)

Referendum

b)

Recall

c)

Plebiscite

d)

Plurality

48.

The ________ Clause allows Congress to legislate on any matter that impacts interstate commerce.

a)

Supremacy

b)

Commerce

c)

Necessary and Proper

d)

Elastic

49.

The federal __________ does most of the actual 'work' of government.

a)

Executive

b)

Legislature

c)

Judiciary

d)

Bureaucracy

50.

The GDP is a measure of a country's...

a)

Voters

b)

Economy

c)

Stability

d)

Natural Resources