Chapter 3 - The Constitution

The division of power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

• Separation of Powers
• The Government
• Checks and Balances
• Gridlock

What is a change to the Constitution?

• Addendum
• Article
• Amendment
• Assessment

What are the seven major divisions of the body of the Constitution?

• Amendments
• Articles
• Preamble
• Principles

What type of system occurs when each branch of government exercises some control over the others?

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Politics
• Gridlock

What is the rejection of a bill?

• Veto
• Blacklist
• Impeach
• Deny

What word means to approve?

• Ratify
• Veto
• Impeach
• Petition

Which word describes rule by the people?

• Popular sovereignty
• Constitutional sovereignty
• Parliamentary sovereignty
• Populism

This is the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws constitutional.

• Judicial review
• Judicial restraint
• Judicial appeal
• Judicial activism

Which Constitutional principle says power is divided between the national and state governments?

• Socialism
• Federalism
• Checks and balances
• Unitary State

Which principle of the Constitution controls the powers of government by making explicit grants of authority?

• Limited government
• Representative government
• Democracy
• Popular sovereignty