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Government Semester 1 Final

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

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1.

What is the main purpose of government?

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Define an authoritarian government.

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What is the difference between a monarchy and a constitutional monarchy?

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What is a theocracy?

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What is the key feature of an oligarchy?

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Define direct democracy.

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What is a representative democracy (republic)?

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In a parliamentary democracy, how is the chief executive chosen?

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What is a presidential democracy?

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What is a unitary system of government?

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What is a confederal system?

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12.

Define federalism.

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What is the purpose of a constitutional system?

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What is the defining feature of a traditional economic system?

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What is the primary characteristic of capitalism?

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What is communism?

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17.

Define socialism.

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What is a mixed economy?

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What were the main goals of the Enlightenment?

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Who was Thomas Hobbes, and what did he believe?

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21.

What was John Locke’s theory about government?

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22.

What is Montesquieu best known for?

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What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe about democracy?

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What was the significance of the Magna Carta?

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What was the Mayflower Compact?

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Who wrote Common Sense, and what was its purpose?

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27.

What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

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What was the Virginia Plan?

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29.

What was the New Jersey Plan?

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What was the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?

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31.

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

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32.

What did the Federalists support?

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33.

What did the Anti-Federalists advocate for?

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34.

What does the Preamble of the Constitution state?

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35.

What is the focus of Article I of the Constitution?

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36.

What does Article II outline?

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37.

What is described in Article III?

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38.

What is the Supremacy Clause in Article VI?

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What are enumerated powers?

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40.

What are reserved powers?

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41.

What is the Elastic Clause?

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42.

What are concurrent powers?

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43.

What is judicial review?

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44.

What does the 1st Amendment protect?

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45.

What is the 4th Amendment?

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46.

What does the 10th Amendment state?

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47.

Which amendment abolished slavery?

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48.

What does the 19th Amendment guarantee?

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What is the 22nd Amendment?

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50.

What does the 2nd Amendment protect?

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What does the 3rd Amendment prohibit?

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What protections does the 5th Amendment provide?

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What rights are guaranteed by the 6th Amendment?

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What does the 7th Amendment guarantee?

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What does the 8th Amendment prohibit?

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56.

What is the significance of the 9th Amendment?

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57.

What does the 11th Amendment establish?

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58.

What change did the 12th Amendment make?

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What is the significance of the 13th Amendment?

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60.

What does the 14th Amendment guarantee?

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61.

What does the 15th Amendment state?

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62.

What does the 16th Amendment allow?

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63.

What is the 17th Amendment about?

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What did the 18th Amendment establish?

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65.

What did the 19th Amendment achieve?

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66.

What does the 20th Amendment address?

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What is the significance of the 21st Amendment?

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68.

What does the 22nd Amendment limit?

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69.

What does the 23rd Amendment grant?

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70.

What is prohibited by the 24th Amendment?

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71.

What does the 25th Amendment outline?

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What is the 26th Amendment?

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73.

What does the 27th Amendment regulate?

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74.

What is a check the Legislative branch has on the Executive branch?

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What is a check the Executive branch has on the Judicial branch?

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What is a check the Judicial branch has on the Legislative branch?

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What was the main feature of the Articles of Confederation?

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78.

What led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

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What was the significance of Shays' Rebellion?

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What were the Federalist Papers?

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81.

What is the Supremacy Clause?

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82.

What is the difference between enumerated and implied powers?

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83.

What is the main characteristic of a parliamentary democracy?

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84.

What are the features of a presidential democracy?

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85.

What is the difference between a dictatorship and an oligarchy?

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86.

What is a key feature of the mixed economic system?

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87.

What are examples of command economies?

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88.

What did John Locke believe about the purpose of government?

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89.

What is the concept of natural rights, and who advocated for it?

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90.

Which philosopher influenced the idea of checks and balances?

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91.

What was Hobbes' view on human nature?

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92.

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

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93.

Who primarily wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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94.

What was the significance of the Articles of Confederation?

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95.

What is the purpose of the separation of powers?

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96.

What is the system of checks and balances?

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97.

What principle is demonstrated when citizens vote in elections?

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98.

What principle ensures that government actions must adhere to the Constitution?

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99.

Which amendment gives freedom of assembly?

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100.

What does the 5th Amendment protect against?

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