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Gov't EOC Review Part 1
Test Description: EOC review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Where are the reserved powers are found in the Constitution?
A
10th Amendment
B
Preamble
C
Article VI
D
9th Amendment
2) What was our first constitution? (It had many weaknesses)
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Articles of Confederation
C
Magna Carta
D
Mayflower Compact
3) Which Political theorist stressed the need for Separation of Powers?
A
John Locke
B
Baron De Montesquieu
C
Jean Jacques Rousseau
D
Thomas Hobbes
4) Which political theorist said that once rulers break the contract, the people are free to choose another set of rulers. He also stressed checks and balances.
A
Thomas Hobbes
B
John Locke
C
Jean Jacques Rousseau
D
Baron De Montesquieu
5) Which Social contract theorist believed in absolute monarchs as necessary to protect people?
A
John Locke
B
Baron De Montesquieu
C
Jean Jacques Rousseau
D
Thomas Hobbes
6) What are controls that each branch has to limit the power of the others called?
A
checks and balances
B
separation of powers
C
limited government
D
Concurrent Powers
7) What are powers held by both national and state governments at the same time called?
A
Concurrent Powers
B
Denied Powers
C
Reserved Powers
D
Delegated powers
8) What was the plan proposed by Roger Sherman at the Constitutional convention in which elements of the Virginia plan and New Jersey plan were combined? (It is the basis for our current Congress.)
A
Mayflower Compact
B
Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
C
Northwest Ordinances
D
Three-Fifths Compromise
9) Which Document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 formally stated our intent to break away from England.
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Articles of Confederation
C
The Constitution
D
Mayflower Compact
10) What is a division of powers between levels of government, generally between national and state called?
A
federalism
B
judicial review
C
checks and balances
D
separation of powers
11) What were those who favored the ratification of the constitution called. Includes John jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton
A
Federalists
B
Whigs
C
Tories
D
Anti-federalists
12) Which part of our Constitution allows for flexibility?
A
Amendments
B
Articles
C
Declaration
D
Preamble
13) Which Court case allowed the act of courts examining laws to determine if they are against the constitution or not
A
Plessy v. Ferguson
B
Brown v. Topeka
C
McCulloch v. Maryland
D
Marbury v. Madison
14) What was the 1st document in English history to limit power of the monarch?
A
Magna Carta
B
Mayflower Compact
C
English Bill of Rights
D
Articles of Confederation
15) What is the the idea that whoever gets more votes gets to take office, but the group that loses is still guaranteed rights called
A
popular sovereignty
B
limited government
C
majority rule/minority rights
D
judicial review
16) What is the idea that the authority to rule rests with the people called?
A
checks and balances
B
majority rule/minority rights
C
popular sovereignty
D
federalism
17) Because we have a government of elected officials who hold power transferred by the vote of people, then what do we have?
A
republic
B
democracy
C
monarchy
D
oligarchy
18) Because our executive is separately elected from the legislature, then what do we have?
A
parliamentary system
B
absolute monarchy
C
totalitarian dictator
D
presidential system
19) Because England chooses their executive from their legislature, then what do they have?
A
absolute monarchy
B
totalitarian dictator
C
presidential system
D
parliamentary system
20) Who is the executive of Missouri?
A
Commissioner
B
Governor
C
Mayor
D
County Executive
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