GOVT Unit One Test

What tax does the United States Constitution prohibit the national government from levying on its citizens?

• sales tax

• income tax

• export tax

• luxury tax

The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise both dealt with

• the representation of states in Congress.

• the territorial expansion of slavery.

• the regulation of interstate commerce.

• the admission of new western states.

Nearly all of Latin American governments use a presidential system of government. This means...

• the executive branch is more powerful than the other branches of government.

• an executive branch exists and has power separate from the legislature.

• the president's power cannot be stopped by the judicial branch.

• a president must work closely with the parliament who chooses him or her.

France, the United Kingdom, and Spain are three examples of unitary states. This means that each country is...

• governed by a President and a Legislative branch.

• governed by a small committee of elite planners.

• governed as an autocracy, with a single leader creating all of the laws of the country.

• forbidden from making changes to its government with out the consent of the voting public.

• governed constitutionally as one single entity, with one constitutionally created legislature.

Because Canada is a parliamentary democracy, its political leader

• is chosen by the party with the majority of members in the legislature.

• is elected by an electoral college chosen by the unicameral legislature.

• is elected by the majority of the popular votes of its citizens.

• is whoever is the eldest child of the current reigning monarch.

Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?

• an autocracy

• a confederation

• a democracy

• an oligarchy

Which of these accurately reflects a WEAKNESS in the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress taxed citizens too much.

• The central government held too much power over the states.

• The document was too easily amended by the states.

• There was no separation of powers.

Which part of the government has the greatest authority in setting foreign policy?

• House of Representatives

• Judicial branch

• municipal government

• Executive branch

Which BEST illustrates the principle of checks and balances?

• congressional hearings to consider a proposed law

• the military powers of the president

• Senate confirmation of presidential appointments

• the taxing power of states

The people who came to the American colonies in the 17th century had already been exposed to the idea of limited

government thanks mainly to

• the Council of Trent.

• the Constitution.

• the Magna Carta.

• the Articles of Confederation.