Unit One - Vocab Quiz Three

Question 1

a grant from the government with no strings attached, and no specific guidelines on how to be spent

Answer 1

Block Grant

Question 2

grant given to local governments with strict limitations on how to be spent, with strings attached

Answer 2

Categorical Grant

Question 3

power is divided in between state and federal governments in clearly defined terms. Known as “layer cake” model

Answer 3

Dual Federalism

Question 4

known as “marble cake” Federalism. it is a flexible relationship with no clear parameters between the federal and state governments

Answer 4

Cooperative Federalism

Question 5

The political theory of using devolution and giving more power back towards the states.

Answer 5

New Federalism

Question 6

a legality that allows a higher level of government to limit, or eliminate the power of lower governments to regulate an issue. This utilizes the supremacy clause.

Answer 6

Preemption

Question 7

a person who supports power underneath a central, single power

Answer 7

Centralist

Question 8

a theory that supports power allocated at the more local level, not in a central level of gov.

Answer 8

Decentralist

Question 9

the division and sharing of power between national and state governments.

Answer 9

Federalism