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Integrated Social Studies Unit 1 Exam
Test Description: Government
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1) Limited Government is best summarized as
A
Government power is divided into 3 distinct branches
B
Each branch is allowed to limit the power of the other branches
C
Governmental power is limited to only what the people allow it do it
D
Federal government is limited to what the states say
2) All of the following are purposes of government EXCEPT:
A
Protect the people
B
Decrease chances of survival
C
Enforcement of rules
D
Create order
3) Monarchs did not have to answer to the people because they ONLY answered to God is true of which origin of government theory?
A
Social Contract
B
Evolution Theory
C
Divine Right Theory
D
Force Theory
4) Locke wrote the people may rebel against their government when what happens?
A
When the government ignores minorities
B
When the government goes to war
C
When the government provides protection
D
When the government denies the people their rights
5) Which of the following is NOT essential feature of a state?
A
Sovereignty
B
Population
C
Territory
D
Jury
6) The government must provide ways of resolving conflicts among members of society is under which principle of government?
A
Making Economic Decisions
B
Providing National Security
C
Providing Public Services
D
Maintaining Social Order
7) What are the articles of confederation?
A
A set of laws put in place during the revolution
B
A series of newspaper articles that encouraged the American Revolution
C
The 13 colonies.
D
The original government that was put in place after the American Revolution, prior to the Constitution.
8) Which of the following was a problem under the articles of confederation?
A
George Washington was not president.
B
Territorial issues with Latin America
C
War with Spain
D
Debt
9) Who initiated the Annapolis Convention?
A
Fitzgerald Grant
B
Alexander Hamilton
C
George Washington
D
Thomas Jefferson
10) Which compromise at the constitutional convention is an agreement between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
A
Washington Compromise
B
Kentucky Compromise
C
Connecticut Compromise
D
Mellie Compromise
11) The ⅗ Compromise refers to counting who as only ⅗ of a person?
A
Poor whites
B
Non-landholding whites
C
Slaves
D
Women
12) Which Constitutional principle focuses on dividing responsibility between the 3 branches of government?
A
The President and the congressmen
B
Men and women
C
National and state governments
D
Citizens and Federal employees
13) Federalism is when the power is divided between who?
A
Feudalism
B
Federalism
C
Three branches
D
Checks and Balances
14) The policy that one branch of government can check on another branch of government is known as what policy?
A
Limited Government
B
Federalism
C
Checks and Balances
D
Separation of Powers
15) The first ten amendments to the constitution is known as what?
A
The Declaration of Independence
B
The Ten Commandments
C
The Bill of Rights
D
The Declaration of Rights of Man
16) What does it mean to plead the fifth?
A
To not quarter soldiers.
B
The right to bear arms.
C
To have freedom of speech.
D
Using their right to not incriminate themselves.
17) Freedom of speech, religion, and the press are all incorporated in which amendment?
A
Fifth
B
Second
C
Tenth
D
First
18) The highest court in the United States is
A
A district court
B
The Supreme Court
C
The US Claims Court
D
A court of appeals
19) In the United States government, members of the cabinet directly report to whom?
A
Supreme Court
B
Senate
C
President
D
Congress
20) How is the Vice President selected?
A
Americans vote on the Vice President separately from the President
B
The 2nd Place winner of the Presidential Election becomes the Vice President
C
The Vice President is chosen as the Presidential Candidate’s running mate during the campaign
D
The President chooses the Vice President after inauguration
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