Foundations of Government

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which branch can veto legislation.

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

Congress

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which clause states that the Constitution, laws and treaties of the national government are the “supreme law of the land.”

Extradition Clause

Supremacy Clause

Full Faith & Credit Clause

Privileges & Immunities Clause

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does the Judicial Branch do?

Create laws

Enforce laws

Interpret laws

Write laws

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which clause is the Constitution's requirement that each State accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State.

Privileges and Immunities Clause

Extradition Clause

Full Faith & Credit Clause

Supremacy Clause

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is Common Law?

Idea of a utopian society

Idea that courts should base cases on judges personal preferences

Idea that only laws written down are considered in court

Idea that Judges must look at previous court decisions before deciding new cases

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Thomas Hobbes is known for which of the following?

Natural Rights

Divine Right of Kings

Social Contract

Common Law

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which system holds all power in one central level of government?

Unitary System

Federal System

Democratic System

The Galactic Republic System

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to who?

George Washington

Adam Smith

John Locke

Thomas Jefferson

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does it mean to say we have "separation of powers?"

We divide power between the three Branches

The President doesn't work with the Courts

Congress doesn't work with the President

We divide the two Houses of Congress

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The leader in a Parliamentary system is?

President

King

Dictator

Prime Minister

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

America's government is most similar to:

the Vatican's Theocracy

Middle Ages Monarchy

Athenian Democracy

Roman Republic

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What was a major change from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution?

The government gained the power to tax, created the executive branch, and did not need unanimous consent to do anything.

The government lost the power to raise an army, collect taxes, and make amendments.

The government gained the power to declare laws and actions of other branches unconstitutional.

The government lost the power to protect freedom of speech, religion, and the right to bear arms.

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan and New York Plan

Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the difference between a democracy and a republic?

In a Democracy, people are represented by someone else. In a Republic, people get a direct say in government.

In a Republic, people are represented by someone else. In a Democracy, people get a direct say in government.

In a Democracy, people get a direct say in government. In a Republic, people are ruled by a King.

In a Republic, people are represented by someone else. In a Democracy, the government is based around religious law.

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which political theory held that God created the state, and God had given those of "royal birth" the right to rule?

Common Law

Natural Rights

Divine Right Theory

Social Contract Theory

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The rule of law gives ___________ to a government.

natural rights

a social contract

sovereignty

legitimacy

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following is an example of an Autocracy?

The United States

Medieval England

The Vatican

North Korea

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

An accused person who flees to another state after committing crime must be returned to the state in which they allegedly committed the crime.

Full Faith & Credit Clause

Extradition Clause

Supremacy Clause

Privileges & Immunities Clause

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