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Constitution Vocab

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are framers?

a)

The authors of the United States Constitution.

b)

The head of the gov.

c)

The president

d)

The senate

2.

What are the natural rights?

a)

Life, liberty, and equality

b)

Life, happiness, and property

c)

Life, liberty, and property

3.

What is the state of nature?

a)

A government that enforces the laws

b)

A place with no government and no laws

c)

The three branches

4.

Why do we need a gov?

a)

To keep others ssafe

b)

To tax us

c)

To protect our natural rights

5.

What is monarchy?

a)

Ruled by many

b)

Ruled by a small group

c)

Ruled by one

6.

What is oligarchy?

a)

Ruled by the few

b)

Ruled by most

c)

Ruled by one

7.

Democracy

a)

Ruled by the gov.

b)

Ruled by the people

c)

Ruled by one

8.

Communism is when people rule for themselves

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is the republic gov?

a)

only the head of the state has a say

b)

everyone has a say

c)

Multiple people but not all have a say

10.

Common welfare is what is best for the people in the community and being fair to one another

a)

True

b)

Flase

11.

What is civic virtue?

a)

Living life without being greedy

b)

Both citizens and their leaders live modest lives AND leaders worked hard to put the common welfare above their own selfish interests.

12.

What is a constitution?

a)

How people are ruled by the gov

b)

How the gov. works

c)

The layout of the structure

of a government

13.

What is the Separation of powers?

a)

When the power is divided up

b)

When the given to only one person but that person is assisted by others

c)

Nora sucks

14.

what is the Balance of power?

a)

Where each power is spread out

b)

The power is equally apportioned to each branch

c)

All of the above

15.

Is "checks on the power" when each branch makes sure they dont abuse power

a)

Yes

b)

No, its when each branch has the power to keep an eye on each other.

16.

The legislative branch enforces the laws

a)

True

b)

False: they create the laws

17.

Executive branch

a)

makes the laws

b)

enforces the laws

c)

resolves disputes about the laws

18.

Judicial branch

a)

resolves disputes about the laws

b)

Fixes arguments about the laws

c)

The pass the laws

19.

What is the Equal representation (New Jersey Plan)

a)

Each state gets the same number of representative

b)

Each state gets the same number of votes.

20.

Proportional representation (Virginia Plan) is when the number of representatives is based on the population size

a)

False

b)

True

21.

The Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise

a)

The branches

b)

The two house legislator with equal representation

c)

Where everything is equal

22.

The three fifths clause as when slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person

a)

flase

b)

true

c)

nora still sucks

23.

Simple majority rule

a)

More than half of the vote

b)

More than 3/4 of the vote

c)

at least 2/3 of the vote

24.

super majority rule

a)

at least 3/4 of the vote

b)

at least 2/3 of the vote

c)

all of the above

25.

Unanimous rule

a)

The majority of the vote

b)

All must agree

c)

3./4 of the vote

26.

Amend means to change

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the constitution

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The Freedoms of expression

a)

speech and assembly

b)

petition and speech

c)

speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion

d)

Nora will suck f&a