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GOVERNMENT QUIZ/VOCAB

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This amendment allows freedom of different types of communication (RAPPS)

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

3rd

d)

8th

2.

Match the following

3/5 Compromise

Taxation for Representation

Senate

Resulted in a bicameral congress

Constitution

Took 2 compromises & a Bill of Rights

Great Compromise

More power in the states

Anti-Federalists

Equal votes (2)

Small states wanted it

3.

Other words for the FEDERAL government (big government in Washington, DC)

a)

Local

b)

National

c)

Central

d)

Municipal

4.

Reorder the following

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

Great Compromise

d)

3/5 Compromise

e)

Bill of Rghts

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
5.

This 9 letter word means that we have 2 houses of Congress/Legislature

(a)  

6.

Combined, the House of Representatives PLUS the Senate create our national...(2 choices)

a)

POLITICIANS

b)

CONGRESS

c)

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

d)

LEGISLATURE

7.

Our main government in Washington DC can be called federal, national or even the ------- government

(a)  

8.

This group of men wrote a series of arguments that the Constitution was enough, we did not need a Bill of Rights AND that the government should be strong and stable.

(a)  

9.

This is a law regarding land use...

a)

Ordinance

b)

Citation

c)

Bill

d)

Invoice

10.

This law regarding land use helped create an orderly expansion of the territory America received in the Treaty of Paris

(a)  

11.

A guiding idea for how our government should be run is a...

a)

principal

b)

thought

c)

principle

d)

suggestion

12.

What right does the 4th amendment cover?

a)

states rights

b)

search & seizure

c)

due process

d)

quartering

13.

The 5th amendment includes DUE PROCESS...what does this mean? (check what applies)

a)

right to be heard

b)

right to call witnesses

c)

right to not self-incriminate

d)

no cruel punishment

14.

This principle of government means the PEOPLE RULE...and they do so by VOTING

a)

federalism

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

individual rights

d)

checks & balances

15.

This principle of government is influenced by the Magna Carta (1215) and means no one is above the law

a)

limited government

b)

federalism

c)

separation of powers

d)

republicanism

16.

This principle of government means that one branch of government can approve, or deny the action of another

a)

federalism

b)

limited government

c)

republicanism

d)

checks and balances

17.

This principle of government is very much like a job description...each branch has it's role to play in government

a)

federalism

b)

checks and balances

c)

separation of powers

d)

republicanism

18.

2 levels of government, (national & state) share some powers and have some of their own powers....this principle is... (it is also the 10th amendment)

a)

federalism

b)

limited government

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

checks and balances

19.

This principle of government means we, Americans, get to ELECT our REPS

a)

limited government

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

federalism

d)

republicanism

20.

The belief in this principle is a reason we have our Bill of Rights, that we have privileges we are born with and given

a)

republicanism

b)

individual rights

c)

limited government

d)

federalsim