Topic 4

Question 1

What is a person who owes loyalty to a particular nation and is entitled to all rights and protections?

Answer 1

A Citizen

Question 2

What is a person who enters another country in order to settle there?

Answer 2

A Immigrant

Question 3

What is a feeling of love and devotion to one’s country?

Answer 3

Patriotism

Question 4

What is jury duty?

Answer 4

When the responsibility of every citizen is to serve of a jury when called.

Question 5

What is the character of a good participant in a system of government?

Answer 5

Civic Virtue

Question 6

What is the relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns?

Answer 6

Civil

Question 7

What is the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise?

Answer 7

Infrastructure

Question 8

What is the administration of a particular town, county, or district, with representatives elected by those who live there?

Answer 8

Local Government

Question 9

What is a government based on consent of the people?

Answer 9

Popular Sovereignty

Question 10

What is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to significantly change an existing law?

Answer 10

A Bill

Question 11

What is a no vote that blocks a decision?

Answer 11

A Veto

Question 12

What is a charge with misconduct?

Answer 12

Impeach

Question 13

What is to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction?

Answer 13

Ratify

Question 14

What is a supporter of a strong federal government?

Answer 14

A Federalist

Question 15

What is a opponent of a strong federal government?

Answer 15

An Antifederalist

Question 16

What is it to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from by formal procedure?

Answer 16

Amend

Question 17

What is a form of government that has no monarchy and no hereditary aristocracy?

Answer 17

Republic

Question 18

What is a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights

Answer 18

The Magna Carta

Question 19

What is a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches

Answer 19

The Separation of powers

Question 20

What is the plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature

Answer 20

Virginia Plan

Question 21

What is the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature

Answer 21

The New Jersey Plan

Question 22

What was a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states

Answer 22

Great Compromise

Question 23

What was the gathering of state representatives on May 25, 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation

Answer 23

The Constitutional Convention

Question 24

What was the first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states

Answer 24

The Articles of Confederation

Question 25

What was a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes?

Answer 25

Shay’s Rebellion