Gov FINAL review

What is government?

• the services provided to a community, such as police protection, fire protection, and public

  health programs

• the laws that protect peoples' rights and ensure

  the safety of a state's citizens

• the institution through which a society makes

  and enforces its public policies

• the process by which public officials are elected

  to and removed from office

Which statement BEST expresses the concerns of the founders of the American government?

• Their focus was to create a government that

  protected the nation from foreign enemies.

• Their focus was to create a government that

  protected the nation from domestic threats.

• Their focus was to create a nation that protected

  national interests over individual rights.

• Their focus was to create a government that

  protected all aspects of the nation and its

  people.

In what way is the United States a representative democracy?

• Citizens allow a self-appointed elite to make

  decisions for them.

• Citizens decide laws and policies directly in

  mass meetings.

• Citizens choose small groups of people to make

  laws and policies for them.

• Citizens elect a President who has absolute

  power to make decisions for them.

According to John Locke, a political society is created when individuals voluntarily form a government to create and enforce laws, thereby protecting the people who form that government. In this social contract, people give up some of their power to the government, which then rules in their interest. This is the basis of which of the

following concepts?

• separation of powers

• government by consent

• common law

• absolute monarchy

Which of the following provides an example of how the principle of checks and balances works?

• The President selects a federal judge; the

  Senate has to approve the nomination.

• The national court system spans the country;

  each of the 50 states has its own court system.

• A Democrat occupies the White House;

  Republicans control the House and Senate.

• The government is not all-powerful; it can only

  do what the people give it the power to do.

The Framers of the Constitution limited the powers of the National Government by

• including a unique "limitation" clause in the Constitution.

• adding a clause that expressly prohibits the

  involvement of the National Government in

  States except when invited.

• dividing power between the National

  Government and the States.

• restricting federal powers to include only those

  which affect the nation as a whole.

What is the term used to describe the Supreme Court's ability to determine whether a law passed by Congress is constitutional or not?

• Judicial review

• National supremacy

• Federalism

• Supreme law of the land

The President is the author of the nation's public policies in his or her role of

• commander in chief.

• chief legislator.

• chief of party.

• chief citizen.

Many states refused to ratify the Constitution unless

• it established a one-house legislature with each

  State equally represented.

• Congress promised to ban the slave trade at

  once.

• a general listing of the rights of the people were

  added to it.

• it stipulated that the provisions of the Bill of

  Rights would apply to both the States and the

  National Government.

Which constitutional clause is used as the basis for the separation of church and state at the federal level of the U.S. government?

• Due Process Clause

• Establishment Clause

• Free Exercise Clause

• Taking Clause