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ISS Semester Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the organized system a country uses to make laws and maintain order? | Government |
| What is the system where one central government holds most power? | Unitary System |
| What is the system where states keep most power and loosely cooperate? | Confederal System |
| What is the system where national and state governments share power? | Federal System |
| What is the form of government where citizens hold ultimate power? | Democracy |
| What is the democracy where citizens vote directly on laws? | Direct Democracy |
| What is the democracy where citizens elect representatives? | Representative Democracy |
| What is the democracy where voters elect a president separately from lawmakers? | Presidential Democracy |
| What is the democracy where lawmakers choose the executive leader? | Parliamentary Democracy |
| What is the system where power is held by one ruler or authority? | Autocracy |
| What is the system where a monarch rules without limits? | Absolute Monarchy |
| What is the system where a monarch is limited by law? | Constitutional Monarchy |
| What is the system where power is held by a small elite group? | Oligarchy |
| What is the system where religious leaders rule using religious law? | Theocracy |
| What is the condition where no government or enforceable laws exist? | Anarchy |
| What philosopher argued people are born with natural rights? | John Locke |
| What philosopher believed strong rulers are needed for order? | Thomas Hobbes |
| What philosopher argued government power should be divided into branches? | Montesquieu |
| What philosopher believed government is based on agreement between people and rulers? | Rousseau |
| What idea explains why people trade some freedom for security? | Social Contract |
| What idea describes life before government existed? | State of Nature |
| What document serves as the framework for U.S. government? | Constitution |
| What principle divides power among branches to prevent abuse? | Separation of Powers |
| What system allows branches to limit one another? | Checks and Balances |
| What principle states government power comes from the people? | Popular Sovereignty |
| What principle limits government through law? | Limited Government |
| What principle says no one is above the law? | Rule of Law |
| What article establishes the legislative branch? | Article I |
| What article establishes the executive branch? | Article II |
| What article establishes the judicial branch? | Article III |
| What was the first national government of the United States? | Articles of Confederation |
| What major weakness prevented national taxation under the Articles? | No Tax Power |
| What event exposed weaknesses and pushed reform? | Shays’ Rebellion |
| What branch of government makes laws? | Legislative Branch |
| What is the two-chamber legislature called? | Congress |
| What chamber gives equal representation to states? | Senate |
| What chamber is based on population? | House of Representatives |
| What power allows Congress to accuse officials? | Impeachment |
| What clause allows Congress to carry out its powers? | Elastic Clause |
| What amendment protects speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition? | First Amendment |
| What amendment reflects fear of tyranny through citizen militias? | Second Amendment |
| What amendment limits forced housing of soldiers? | Third Amendment |
| What amendment requires warrants for searches and seizures? | Fourth Amendment |
| What amendment protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy? | Fifth Amendment |
| What amendment guarantees speedy and fair criminal trials? | Sixth Amendment |
| What amendment preserves jury trials in civil cases? | Seventh Amendment |
| What amendment limits excessive bail and cruel punishment? | Eighth Amendment |
| What amendment protects rights not listed in the Constitution? | Ninth Amendment |
| What amendment reserves undelegated powers to states or people? | Tenth Amendment |
| What amendment limits lawsuits against state governments? | Eleventh Amendment |
| What amendment fixed problems in presidential elections? | Twelfth Amendment |
| What amendment permanently abolished slavery? | Thirteenth Amendment |
| What amendment defined citizenship and applied rights to states? | Fourteenth Amendment |
| What amendment banned racial discrimination in voting? | Fifteenth Amendment |
| What amendment allowed federal income taxation? | Sixteenth Amendment |
| What amendment made senators directly elected? | Seventeenth Amendment |
| What amendment banned alcohol nationwide? | Eighteenth Amendment |
| What amendment repealed alcohol prohibition? | Twenty-First Amendment |
| What amendment reduced lame-duck government periods? | Twentieth Amendment |
| What amendment limited presidents to two terms? | Twenty-Second Amendment |
| What amendment granted electoral votes to Washington, D.C.? | Twenty-Third Amendment |
| What amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections? | Twenty-Fourth Amendment |
| What amendment clarified presidential succession and disability? | Twenty-Fifth Amendment |
| What amendment lowered the voting age to 18? | Twenty-Sixth Amendment |
| What amendment delayed congressional pay changes? | Twenty-Seventh Amendment |
| What amendment allowed for women the right to vote? | Nineteenth Amendment |
| John Locke believed that if a government was unfair, the people should try to change it or _____________ it. | overthrow |
| Which term means the right to vote? | suffrage |
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