Test 1 A

Question 1

Social Contract

Answer 1

The notion that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed in which people agree to give up some right for protection from others.

Question 2

Divine Right of Kings

Answer 2

The principle that earthly rulers receive their authority from God.

Question 3

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 3

The concept that the citizens are the ultimate source of power.

Question 4

Declaration of Independence

Answer 4

The political document that dissolved the colonial ties between the U.S. and Britain.

Question 5

Federalists

Answer 5

Supporters of the constitution who favored a strong central government.

Question 6

Anti-federalists

Answer 6

Advocates of states rights who opposed the constitution.

Question 7

Checks and Balances

Answer 7

The principle that allows each branch of government to exercise some form of control over the others.

Question 8

Separation of Powers

Answer 8

The institutional arrangement that assigns judicial, executive, and legislative powers to different persons or groups, thereby limiting the powers of each.

Question 9

Judicial Review

Answer 9

Power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of laws.

Question 10

Virginia Plan

Answer 10

A proposal at the Constitutional Convention that congressional representation be based on population thus favoring the large states.