Constitution Review Pt1

Which of the following statements about sovereign states is NOT true?

• Sovereign states have supreme power within their own territories

• Sovereign states may be possessed by other states

• A dictatorship may exist in a sovereign state

• Sovereign states decide their own foreign and domestic policies

The supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called

• policy

• sovereignity

• legitimacy

• legislative power

Why is James Madison remembered as the Father of the Constitution?

• He was the primary author of the New Jersey Plan.

• He proposed the Great Compromise.

• He acted as president of the convention.

• He played a key role in planning the convention and writing the Constitution.

A government where the people elect representatives to make and carry out the laws of a nation is

• authoritarian

• a republic

• an oligarchy

• a direct democracy

A major feature of any democracy is

• the will of the majority prevails at all times

• the power of the central government is supreme over the power of regional governments

• all of these choices

• the majority rules, but not at the expense of the rights of anyone

Principle of the Constitution that states the powers of government are distributed between a national government and regional governments

• separation of powers

• federalism

• confederalism

• divisionalism

Power of the courts to determine whether government actions are constitutional

• adjudication

• judicial review

• judicial appeal

• deposition

System that gives each branch of government the power to change or cancel the acts of another branch

• judicial review

• separation of powers

• veto power

• checks and balances

Theory that power should be divided among three branches of government

• separation of powers

• balance of power

• divided government

• checks and balances

Idea that all members of society, including rulers and government officials, must obey the law

• legal constructivism

• rule of law

• constitutionalism

• judicial review