Government and Political Concepts Quiz

What is a financial obligation to pay back money or goods borrowed from another entity?

• Republic

• Debt

• Federalism

• Dictatorship

In which form of government do people elect representatives to run the country?

• Dictatorship

• Federalism

• Republic

• Annexation

What is the system of government that divides power between national and regional governments?

• Federalism

• Dictatorship

• Republic

• Cession

What term describes a person or small group having complete control over a government without checks and balances?

• Republic

• Federalism

• Dictatorship

• Compromise

What does it mean to officially end or stop something, such as a law or activity?

• Annexation

• Abolish

• Cession

• Manifest Destiny

What is the term for adding territory to existing territory?

• Cession

• Annexation

• Compromise

• Domestic Affairs

What idea suggested that the United States should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

• Federalism

• Manifest Destiny

• Foreign Relations

• Abolish

What is an agreement in which both sides give up some demands?

• Compromise

• Cession

• Annexation

• Dictatorship

What term refers to dealings between countries?

• Domestic Affairs

• Foreign Relations

• Federalism

• Republic

What term relates to issues within a home country?

• Foreign Relations

• Domestic Affairs

• Annexation

• Cession