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Gov't Test 3
Nine Weeks Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors | heritage |
| a love for one's country and loyalty to that country | patriotism |
| the first foundational civil ordinance | capital punishment |
| according to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism | freedom |
| the upper house of Parliament | House of Lords |
| the lower house Parliament | House of Commons |
| the upper house of Congress | Senate |
| the lower house of Congress | House of Representatives |
| a proposed new law | bill |
| a private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates | caucus |
| a group of people elected by the citizens of each state in order to elect a presidential candidate | electoral college |
| commands by the President which have the force of law | executive orders |
| a panel of advisers made up by the heads of the executive departments | Cabinet |
| a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials | bureaucracy |
| the highest number of votes won, but less than a majority | plurality |
| What is represented above the head of the chief justice of the Supreme Court | Ten Commandments |
| What word literally means "the people rule" | democracy |
| What was the greatest influence on the English nation | Bible |
| What became the model for the colonial legislatures and for the U.S. Congress | Parliament |
| Which article in the Constitution established the executive branch | Article II |
| From whom did the idea of separation of powers originate | Charles de Montesquieu |
| What term refers to a temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise ona bill | conference committee |
| Which amendment allows a President to be elected to only two terms and to serve for no more that 10 years | 22nd Amendment |
| What special group of judges presides over cases arising out of government agency decisions | administrative-law judges |
| What is it called when the government annually spends more that it receives in revenue | deficit spending |
| Who wrote " The Star-Spangles Banner" | Francis Scott Key |
| Who became the first black American to achieve the rank of four-star general | Daniel "Chappie" James |
| In what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited authority and usually inherit his position | absolute monarchy |
| what word means literally, "to rule by oneself"? | autocracy |
| In what form of government does the ruler maintain absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of the individual to the state | totalitarian dictatorship |
| What event had an immeasurable effect upon the unity of the colonists and helped prepare them for future political, economic, and religious liberty | Great Awakening |
| Who has the member of Parliament that supported the American colonists | Edmund Burke |
| Who was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Which of the following became America's first national constitution | Articles of Confederation |
| Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional convention | George Washington |
| In which article of the Constitution if the Constitution described as the "supreme law of the land" | Article VI |
| How long is a presidential term | four years |
| Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent | president pro tempore |
| Which of the following is not a constitutional qualification for the office of President | member of Congress |
| Which of the following is not a primary role of the President | chief of staff |
| What kind of government agency has a single function and reports directly to the President | independent executive agency |
| Proverbs 14:34 promises success and prosperity to the person who will meditate upon the laws of God and abbey them | Joshua 1:8 |
| A form of government in which God Himself rules personally or through chosen representatives is called a theocracy | True |
| A charter is a non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions | common law |
| The Stamp Act Congress was the first representative assembly in the colonies | House of Burgesses |
| Edmund Burke wrote a famous work on the laws of England that explained the concepts of natural law and revealed law | William Blackstone |
| Gouverneur Morris wrote the final draft of the Constitution | True |
| The Three-Fifths Compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans in establishing the national legislature | Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise |
| Federalism refers to the division of power between the national and state governments | True |
| To filibuster is to draw voting district boundaries so as to purposely favor the party in power | gerrymander |
| Only the President may introduce revenue and appropriations bills in Congress | House of Representatives |
| The inauguration ceremony for the Presidency is on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every fourth year | General Election Day |
| As Chief Executive, the President had the power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court | True |
| Government corporations have been created to regulate specific areas of American life. | Regulatory agencies |
| By interfering with basic freedoms and discouraging initiative, government bureaucracy has generally hindered productivity and prosperity and has threatened the endurance of the American heritage | True |
| Richard Nixon was the first person to become Vice President by being nominated by the President and approved by Congress | Gerald Ford |
| convened the Model Parliament | Edward I |
| cut off all trade between the American colonies and England and removed the colonies from the "King's Protection" | Prohibitory Act |
| describes relationship between states and central governement | Article V |
| established the legislative branch | Article I |
| forerunner to the written constitution in America | Mayflower Compact |
| formulated the basic ideas of Communism | Karl Marx |
| gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers | "necessary and proper" clause |
| laid the foundation for the right to trial by jury | Henry II |
| largest organization within the Executive Office of the President | Office of Management and Budget |
| Placed the king under the law for the first time in English history | Magna Carta |
| rejection of a bill by the President | veto |
| strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689 | English Bill of Rights |
| the central government is subordinate to the states | confederacy |
| the "Father of the Constitution" | James Madison |
| the first to put Communism into practice on a large scale | Vladimir Lenin |
| the proportional distribution of Congressional seats among the states | apportionment |
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