Checkup 2

Question 1

Which type of government in which a written constitution divides power between central and constituent governments?

Answer 1

Federal government

Question 2

Which theory of evolution was applied to social and political spheres?

Answer 2

Social Darwinism

Question 3

procedure of surrendering an alleged criminal by one state or authority to another

Answer 3

extradition

Question 4

sharing of powers between state and federal governments

Answer 4

cooperative federalism

Question 5

conditional donation of federal funds to a state or local government

Answer 5

grant-in aid

Question 6

government in which the will of the people is formulated and expressed through elected representatives

Answer 6

indirect democracy

Question 7

government in which citizens elect or acquiesce to representatives according to requirements of law

Answer 7

republic

Question 8

government in which the people, in mass mettings, directly translate their will into law

Answer 8

direct democracy

Question 9

the supreme law of the United States

Answer 9

Constitution

Question 10

group that coordinates interstate cooperation

Answer 10

Council of State Governments

Question 11

The ____________________ is the document that makes the United States a federal government.

Answer 11

Constitution

Question 12

Several ____________ entities united in a federal government because of: their ____________ for economic advantage; their _________ of political association; their common political/and or cultural _______________; their __________ of union to secure independence; their _________ for freedom from foreign domination; their ___________ insecurity; their _________ for common defense

Answer 12

independent; desire; history; institutions; necessity; desire; military; need

Question 13

The tyrannies of ___________ government and of the ________________ are avoided by __________________.

Answer 13

unlimited; people; federalism

Question 14

The division of ___________ helps keep a government from becoming too powerful.

Answer 14

powers

Question 15

A ____________ defines rights of government and the people but is subject to neither.

Answer 15

constitution

Question 16

The only federal laws and treaties superior to, or above, state and local laws are those made with the goal of carrying out the ____________________.

Answer 16

Constitution

Question 17

Federal power has steadily _______________ through the doctrine of ______________ powers, for which the national _______________ has been chiefly responsible.

Answer 17

increased; implied; judiciary

Question 18

As a result of the doctrine of social Darwinism, government was given responsibility and power to create a/an _________________ to make it possible for man to reach perfection.

Answer 18

environmentT

Question 19

This led to government programs and laws limited at social and economic __________________________.

Answer 19

equality

Question 20

_______________ has become the dominant characteristic of our government.

Answer 20

Welfare

Question 21

The federal government must guarantee the state a ________________ form of government, protect them against foreign __________________, guarantee their protection against ___________ violence, and respect their territorial __________________.

Answer 21

republican; invasion; domestic; integrity

Question 22

The term “full _________ and ___________” refers to the fact that every state must recognize the validity of the public acts, records, and judicial _____________ of every other state.

Answer 22

faith; credit; proceedings

Question 23

Persons moving from one state to another are protected from unreasonable ___________________ by the Constitution.

Answer 23

discrimination

Question 24

A request for extradition is made by the _______________ of one state to that of another state.

Answer 24

governor

Question 25

Two things financed by grants-in aid: _____________ and ___________________________________.

Answer 25

welfare; highway maintenance

Question 26

The four conditions placed on grants-in aid are: the state must use the money for _________________________________; the state or local _______________ must contribute a designated proportion of the total cost of the program or project; the state must establish or appropriate an ______________ to administer the program or project; the state must recognize the right of the national government to set certain _____________, _______________ plans and policies, and impose certain __________________ in connection with the program.

Answer 26

the exact purposes specified; government; agency; standards; approve; regulations

Question 27

A state failing to meet these conditions ______________ the grant.

Answer 27

forfeits

Question 28

The federal government _________________ have constitutional authority to issue grants-in aid.

Answer 28

does not

Question 29

Public _______________ is one area that is the responsibility of state or local governments, although Congress has appropriated money to provide grants-in aid for that purpose.

Answer 29

education

Question 30

The Constitution _______________ guarantee the right to an education.

Answer 30

does not

Question 31

Supporters of grants-in aid believe they help states fulfill _________________ responsibilities.

Answer 31

social

Question 32

The strength of the ___________ government(s) is completely dependent on the ___________ government(s), although both increased centralization and expansion of grants-in-aid have strengthened both.

Answer 32

state; federal