2025 Government Midterm

The THREE basic types of power all governments exercise. (Select three answers)

• executive
• legislative
• implied
• inherited
• judicial

A concept of government which states, that government should not be all-powerful.

• limited government
• unlimited government
• democracy
• representative government

Where in the constitution do you find the promises to, "make good government and laws, peace in our homes, and provide for national security," at?

• Article 1
• The Preamble
• Article 7
• First Amendment

Federalism can be described as...

• separation of church and state
• division of power
• division of trust
• reconciliation of lost rights

Who is the only person who can call Congress into a special session?

• Vice President
• Speaker of the House
• Majority Party Leader
• President

Who controls the legislative process, including the selection of Congressional Leaders?

• Minority Party
• American Citizens
• Majority Party
• Supreme Court

Who is the presiding officer of the House chamber?

• Majority Whip
• Minority Whip
• Speaker of the House
• President Pro Tempore

The Speaker is second in presidential succession, after the Vice President. What document makes this legally binding?

• 25th Amendment
• 24th Amendment
• 23rd Amendment
• 21st Amendment

Whose job is it to ensure all party members are present when important measures are to be voted upon?

• Majority House Leader
• Minority House Leader
• Vice President
• Whips

Article 1, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution formally makes who the presiding officer of the Senate?

• Speaker of the House
• Majority Whip
• Vice President
• President Pro Tempore