First Government Exam - Units 1-5

Question 1

Revenue bills must originate in ___.

Answer 1

the House

Question 2

Where did the idea of human government originate?

Answer 2

with God

Question 3

Who said that free government rests upon public and private morality?

Answer 3

John Adams

Question 4

Who received the Ten Commandments from God?

Answer 4

Moses

Question 5

The Law of Moses considered a person innocent until when?

Answer 5

proven guilty

Question 6

How many representatives serve in the U.S. House?

Answer 6

435

Question 7

An ___ bill assigns funding to a program.

Answer 7

appropriation

Question 8

What caused Israel and Judah to fall?

Answer 8

sin and idolatry

Question 9

How many years does a U.S. senator serve in one term?

Answer 9

6

Question 10

What is the period between an election and a new Congress?

Answer 10

lame duck session

Question 11

In Athens, the ___ had greater value than individual rights.

Answer 11

public good

Question 12

Whom did the U.S. House of Reprasenetatives impeach?

Answer 12

President Bill Clinton

Question 13

In 1215 English barons forced King John to sign the ___.

Answer 13

Magna Carta

Question 14

When did Less of Virginia propose that the colonies be free and independent?

Answer 14

1776

Question 15

The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia when?

Answer 15

1787

Question 16

The Preamble to the Constitution states that the Constitution is ordained by the ___.

Answer 16

people

Question 17

The Senate’s role in approving treaties is called what?

Answer 17

advice and consent

Question 18

The accumulation of deficits over the years is the ___.

Answer 18

national debt

Question 19

The most common head of government in history is a ___.

Answer 19

king

Question 20

England James I believed in the ___ of the kings.

Answer 20

divine right

Question 21

In a ___ the head of state is not a monarch.

Answer 21

republlic

Question 22

Who receives a bill after it passes both the House and the Senate in the same form?

Answer 22

The president

Question 23

American colonists protested taxation without ___.

Answer 23

representation

Question 24

Where is freedom of religion guaranteed?

Answer 24

First Amendment

Question 25

Who is the official president of the U.S. Senate?

Answer 25

The vice president