Government Midterm Review

Which of the following is true of a representative democracy?

• The people themselves directly make political decisions.

• A king or queen is considered the head of state.

• The will of the majority is expressed by elected representatives.

• A leader seeks to control almost all aspects of social and economic life.

Which of the following is a fundamental principle on which American democracy is based?

• Equal protection of the law

• Minority rule and majority rights

• Presidential dictatorship

• Divine right

_____ is a voluntary agreement among individuals to create a government and to give that government adequate power to secure the mutual protection and welfare of all individuals.

• social contract

• limited government

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

Which of the following is a basic principle that had evolved in England and was incorporated by the framers of the U.S. Constitution?

• Ethnocratic government

• Limited government

• Theocratic government

• Aristocratic government

Which of the following best describes the term capitalism?

• It is a set of political beliefs that include the advocacy of active government.

• It is a concept that holds, at a minimum, that all people are entitled to equal protection under the law.

• It is an economic system based on the private ownership of wealth-producing property.

• It is an intrinsic property that measures the disregard for material possessions.

The _____ established a national form of government following the American Revolution.

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

All the amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by:

• A vote by one-third of the state legislatures.

• A vote by three-fourths of the state legislatures.

• A two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives.

• A three-fourths vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives.

The battle over the ratification of the Constitution was fought chiefly by two opposing groups, _____.

• The Nationalists and the Federalists

• The Republicans and the Conservatives

• The Anti-Federalists and the Confederates

• The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists

The Constitution incorporated the principle of _____ as the solution to the debate over whether the national government or the states should have ultimate sovereignty.

• Popular sovereignty

• Rule of law

• Limited government

• Federalism

In an attempt to negotiate with the Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional ratification, the Federalists promised to:

• Establish a federal court system once the Constitution was ratified.

• Add a bill of rights to the Constitution under the new government.

• Guarantee voting rights for women and slaves to ensure complete representation.

• Minimize the powers of the judicial branch of government to ensure privileges to aristocrats.