Government
1st Quarterly Assessment
Name: ______________________
Class Period: _____________
Date: ___________
Directions: Choose the best choice to answer the following questions.
1. _____________________ is all of those things a government decides to do.
A. Public Policies
B. Direction of Policy
C. Public Warnings
D. Government
2. _____________________ is a body of people, living in a defined territory and organized
politically.
A. Government
B. State
C. Territory
D. Colony
3. _____________________ is the theory in which one person or group claim control over
an area make all within it submit to that person’s or group’s rule.
A. The Evolutionary Theory
B. Social – Contract Theory
C. Divine Right Theory
D. The Force Theory
4. _____________________ means that a state has supreme and absolute power within its
own territory.
A. Sovereignty
B. Territorial Control
C. Statehood
D. Population Control
5. _____________________ is the theory in which a state develops naturally out of the
early family.
A. Divine Right Theory
B. The Force Theory
C. Evolutionary Theory
D. Social Contract Theory
6. _____________________ is the style of government in which the powers of government
are divided between a central government and several local governments.
A. Unitary Government
B. Confederate Government
C. Federal Government
D. Parliamentary Government
7. ____________________ is the theory of government in which the rulers receive their
right to rule from God.
A. The Force Theory
B. Divine Right Theory
C. Evolutionary Theory
D. Social Contract Theory
8. With the words, “We the People,” the Constitution establishes its authority on the basis
of:
A. Popular Sovereignty
B. The Rule of Law
C. The separation of powers
D. Limited Government
9. The informal amendment process
A. Involves changing the written words of the Constitution.
B. Has been used very little in the past 200 years
C. Can occur only with the approval of the states
D. Keeps the Constitution responsive and up to date.
10. The Framers reconciled the need for an effective central government with a respect for
State government by creating a system of
A. Constitutionalism
B. Confederate Government
C. Separation of Powers
D. Federalism
11. The President’s power to veto an act of Congress is an example of
A. Executive Agreement
B. Judicial Review
C. Checks and Balances
D. Limited Government
12. Which characteristic of the Constitution most angered Anti-federalists?
A. Lack of a Bill of Rights
B. Three-Fifths Compromise
C. Separation of Powers
D. Amendment Process
13. Which issue did NOT involve a major compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
A. What trade Congress should regulate
B. How to determine State representation in Congress
C. Whether to count slaves in determining a State’s population
D. Whether to separate the powers of the central government
14. Under the Articles of Confederation Congress could do all of the following EXCEPT
A. Levy taxes
B. Enter into treaties
C. Make war and peace
D. Set up a monetary system
15. In the American federal system, city and county governments are really:
A. Subunits of state governments
B. In charge of state governments
C. Independent of all other governments
D. Equal to the Federal government
16. The legal process by which a fugitive from justice is returned to one State from another
is known as:
A. An interstate compact
B. An act of admission
C. Extradition
D. Expatriation
17. Concurrent Powers are those that are:
A. Exercised simultaneously by the National and the State governments.
B. Exercised jointly by the National and State governments
C. Exercised by the National Government alone.
D. Denied to both the National and the State governments.
18. Which of the following is NOT a form of Federal government aid?
A. Block Grants
B. Grants-in-aid
C. Project Grants
D. Earmark Grants
19. An enabling act directs any area desiring Statehood to:
A. Prepare a Constitution
B. Become an organized territory
C. Give up its territory
D. Submit the act to a popular vote.
20. States must honor the legality of one another’s laws because of the:
A. Necessary and Proper Clause
B. Full Faith and Credit Clause
C. Extradition Clause
D. Interstate Compacts Clause
21. Which statement about the Supremacy Clause is true?
A. It establishes the Constitution as the Nation’s highest law.
B. It establishes acts of Congress as the Nation’s highest law
C. It grants State Constitutions priority over acts of Congress.
D. It grants State laws priority over treaties.
22. Which of the following is an expressed power of the National Government?
A. The power to coin money
B. The power to license doctors
C. The power to acquire territory
D. The power to grant divorces
23. The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution provides that:
A. Congress may not pass laws that conflict with State laws.
B. State laws must be uniform
C. State laws and court decisions must generally be honored by other States
D. Agreements made between states must first be approved by Congress
24. Which of the following is an implied power of the Federal government?
A. The power to grant divorces
B. The power to regulate immigration
C. The power to declare war
D. The power to coin money
25. The author of the Virginia Plan was?
A. James Madison
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. George Washington
D. Thomas Jefferson
Part II. Short Answer – 4 points each
1. Name three expressed powers given to the Federal Government?
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2. What is the governmental system of Federalism?
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3. Identify two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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4. What was the Virginia Plan of Government at the Constitutional Convention?
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5. Identify three concurrent powers shared by the Federal and State governments?
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6. Who were the Federalists and Anti-federalists and explain their positions?
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