MIDTERM REVIEW (CE.2-CE.4)

A system of government in which voters select public officials to conduct government on their behalf is _________________.

• democracy

• representative government

• federalism

• dictatorship

"We the people of the United States... do ordain and establish..."

The phrase above states that _________________.

• the United States will allow its citizens to vote in elections

• the power of government comes from the people

• our new government would be perfect

• we will be called the United States of America

"Judge Lineburg was tried and convicted for stealing a BMW from a car dealership. He received a fine and 10 days in jail."

The situation, illustrated above, involves applying which of the fundamental democratic principles?

• System of Checks & Balances

• The Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

• Consent of the Governed

The PEOPLE RULE is an example of

• The Rule of Law

• Representative Government

• Consent of the Governed

• democracy

Government may do only those things that the people have given it the power to do under the concept of

• Democracy

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Representative Government

What document served as a model for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution?

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

This document guaranteed the same rights of Englishmen to the colonists

• U.S. Constitution

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

Which is NOT true of the Articles of Confederation

• The nation government had no power to tax

• That states had little power.

• It created a weak central government

• It gave no power to enforce laws

Which document stated the grievances against the King of Great Britain? 

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• United States Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

"In order to form a more perfect union...."

Which document was written with this stated purpose

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution of the United States