ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS LISTED WITH NO MISTAKES!
1. How can the United States government best be described? (Unit 2)
a. democratic and unitary
b. autocratic and confederate
c. democratic and federal
2. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution known as? (Unit 2)
a. Declaration of Independence
b. Bill of Rights
c. The Federalist Papers
3. Establishing three distinct branches of government is the best example of which Constitutional principle? (Unit 2)
a. Popular sovereignty
b. Limited government
c. Separation of powers
4. Which of the following is NOT an example of a Senate power? (Unit 3)
a. filibustering legislation
b. drafting a tax bill
c. approving a treaty
5. How can a presidential veto be overridden? (Unit 3)
a. two thirds vote in both houses of Congress
b. majority opinion by the Supreme Court
c. two thirds vote by the federal bureaucracy
6. Which does NOT represent a power of Congress? (Unit 3)
a. Negotiating an economic treaty with China
b. Investigating an attack on a US embassy
c. Voting on the nomination of a Supreme Court nominee
7. This allows the president to bypass Congress and create policy on his own. (Unit 4)
a. Executive order
b. Commutation
c. Treaty
8. Which of the following is NOT an example of a presidential power? (Unit 4)
a. declaration of war
b. veto
c. nomination of cabinet department head
9. What term is used to describe all military, diplomatic, and commercial relationships with other nations? (Unit 4)
a. foreign policy
b. globalization
c. nationalization
10. When a higher court makes a decision in a case, what does it create for all future courts to follow? (Unit 5)
a. an opinion
b. a precedent
c. a law