WorksheetsBenchmark 3 Terms
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is a form of government with the monarch at the head?
Oligarchy
Theocracy
Monarchy
Parliamentary
a judicial philosophy holding that the courts can and should go beyond the applicable law to consider broader societal implications of its decisions
Judicial Activism
Judicial Review
Judicial Restraint
a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature
New Jersey Plan
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Virginia Plan
a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools
Brown v. Board of Education
Engel v. Vitale
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
What rights comprise the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution?
Civil rights
Bill of Rights
Criminal rights
Once elected, the president then helps others in his or her party campaign through which role
Chief of Party
Commander in Cheif
Chief of State
Chief Executive
Which role runs armed forces (military, navy, etc)
Chief of State
Chief of Party
Commander in Chief
Chief Executive
Have to be trained in the law and they serve for life
House of Representative
Supreme Court
Senate
Which branch makes Laws
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Which branch carries out laws
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Which branch interprets laws
Legislative branch
Executive branch
Judicial branch
a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support of the legislature
Parliamentary
Presidential
Unitary Government
Who was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment.
Thomas Hobbes
Rousseau
John Locke
Who were the two candidates in the Election of 1800
Biden and Trump
Obama and Romney
Clinton and Dole
Jefferson and Adams
Who was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism"
John Locke
Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Theocracy
favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom
Magna Carta Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Authoritarian
Parliamentary
a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
The Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
an agreement over the counting of slaves in order to determine a state's total population
3/5 Compromise
The Great Compromise
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Which trial gave people the right to have abortions
Loving v. Virginia
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Marbury v. Madison
Which rights state, "All free men have the right to justice and a fair trial with a jury"
Bill of Rights
Civil Rights
Criminal Rights
Magna Carta Rights
Who is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet?
Prime Minister
President
Secretary of State
Governor
a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices
Affirmative Action
Election of 1800
Electoral College
Supreme Court
