1st Nine Weeks Exam (Chapters 1-7)

Question 1

a proposed new law

Answer 1

bill

Question 2

a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials

Answer 2

bureaucracy

Question 3

a panel of advisers made up by the heads of the executive departments

Answer 3

Cabinet

Question 4

the first foundational civil ordinace

Answer 4

capital punishment

Question 5

a private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates

Answer 5

caucus

Question 6

a group of people elected by the citizens of each state in order to elect a presidential candidate

Answer 6

electoral college

Question 7

commands by the President which have the force of law

Answer 7

executive orders

Question 8

according to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism

Answer 8

freedom

Question 9

the characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to use by our ancestors

Answer 9

heritage

Question 10

the lower house of Parliament

Answer 10

House of Commons

Question 11

the upper house of Parliament

Answer 11

House of Lords

Question 12

the lower house of Congress

Answer 12

House of Representatives

Question 13

a love for one’s country and loyalty to that country

Answer 13

patriotism

Question 14

the highest number of votes won, but less than a majority

Answer 14

plurality

Question 15

the upper house of Congress

Answer 15

Senate

Question 16

What is represented above the head of the chief justice the Supreme Court?

Answer 16

Ten Commandments

Question 17

What word literally means “the people rule”?

Answer 17

democracy

Question 18

What was the greatest influence on the English nation?

Answer 18

Bible

Question 19

What became the model for the colonial legislatures and for the U.S. Congress

Answer 19

Parliament

Question 20

What are the primary roles of the President?

Answer 20

commander in chief, chief legislature, chief of state

Question 21

What kind of government agency has a single function and reports directly to the President?

Answer 21

independent executive agency

Question 22

What verse promises success and prosperity to the person who will meditate upon the laws of God and obey them?

Answer 22

Joshua 1:8

Question 23

What is a form of government in which God Himself rules personally or through chose representatives called

Answer 23

theocracy

Question 24

What is a non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions

Answer 24

common law

Question 25

What was the name of the first representative assembly in the colonies?

Answer 25

House of Burgesses

Question 26

Who wrote a famous work on the laws of England that explained the concepts of natural law and revealed law?

Answer 26

William Blackstone

Question 27

Who wrote the final draft of the Constitution?

Answer 27

Gouverneur Morris

Question 28

What compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans in establishing the national legislature?

Answer 28

Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise

Question 29

What refers to the division of power between the national and state governments?

Answer 29

federalism

Question 30

to draw voting district boundaries so as to purposely favor the part in power

Answer 30

gerrymander

Question 31

Only the ___ may introduce revenue and appropriations bills in Congress.

Answer 31

House of Representatives

Question 32

What special day for the Presidency falls on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every fourth year?

Answer 32

General Election Day

Question 33

What role of the President gives him the power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court?

Answer 33

Chief Executive

Question 34

these were created to regulate specific areas of American life

Answer 34

Regulatory agencies

Question 35

By interfering with basic freedoms and discouraging initiatives, ___ has generally hindered productivity and prosperity and has threatened the endurance of the American heritage

Answer 35

government bureaucracy

Question 36

Who was the first president to become Vice President by being nominated by the President and approved by Congress?

Answer 36

Gerald Ford

Question 37

convened the Model Parliament

Answer 37

Edward I

Question 38

cut off all trade between the American colonies and England and removed the colonies from the "King's Protection"

Answer 38

Prohibitory Act

Question 39

describes relationship between states and central government

Answer 39

Article IV

Question 40

established the legislative branch

Answer 40

Article I

Question 41

forerunner to the written constitution in America

Answer 41

Mayflower Compact

Question 42

formulated the basic ideas of Communism

Answer 42

Karl Marx

Question 43

gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers

Answer 43

"necessary and proper" clause

Question 44

laid the foundation for the right to trial by jury

Answer 44

Henry II

Question 45

largest organization within the Executive Office of the President

Answer 45

Office of Management and Budget

Question 46

placed the king under the law for the first time in English history

Answer 46

Magna Carta

Question 47

rejection of a bill by the President

Answer 47

veto

Question 48

strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689

Answer 48

English Bill of Rights

Question 49

the central government is subordinate to the states

Answer 49

confederacy

Question 50

the "Father of the Constitution"

Answer 50

James Mdison

Question 51

the first to put Communism into practice on a large scale

Answer 51

Vladimir Lenin

Question 52

the proportional distribution of Congressional seats among the states

Answer 52

apportionment

Question 53

Which article in the Constitution established the executive branch?

Answer 53

Article II

Question 54

From whom did the idea of separation of powers originate

Answer 54

Charles de Montesquieu

Question 55

What term refers to a temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill?

Answer 55

conference committee

Question 56

Which amendment allows a President to be elected to only two terms and to serve for no more than 10 years

Answer 56

22nd Amendment

Question 57

What special group of judges presides over cases arising out of government agency decisions?

Answer 57

administrative-law judges

Question 58

What is it called when the government annually spends more than it receives in revenue

Answer 58

deficit spending

Question 59

Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

Answer 59

Francis Scott Key

Question 60

Who became the first black American to achieve the rank of four-star general?

Answer 60

Daniel "Chappie" James

Question 61

In what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited authority and usually inherit his position?

Answer 61

absolute monarchy

Question 62

What word means literally, "to rule by oneself"?

Answer 62

autocracy

Question 63

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?

Answer 63

totalitarian dictatorship

Question 64

What event had an immeasurable effect upon the unity of the colonists and helped prepare them for future political, economic, and religious liberty?

Answer 64

Great Awakening

Question 65

Who was the member of Parliament that supported the American colonists?

Answer 65

Edmund Burke

Question 66

Who was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 66

Thomas Jefferson

Question 67

Which of the following became America's first national constitution?

Answer 67

Articles of Confederation

Question 68

Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 68

George Washington

Question 69

In which article of the Constitution is the Constitution described as the "supreme law of the land"?

Answer 69

Article VI

Question 70

How long is a presidential term?

Answer 70

four years

Question 71

Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?

Answer 71

president pro tempore

Question 72

List some of the steps of the process of making a bill become a law

Answer 72

discussed in a public hearing, assigned to a committee, approved by a committee

Question 73

What kind of representative votes according to his personal judgement rather than the views of his constituency

Answer 73

trustee

Question 74

What powers are given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution?

Answer 74

expressed

Question 75

List the qualifications for the office of the President

Answer 75

natural-born citizen, U.S. resident for at least 14 years, at least 35 years old