Government 1st Semester Final

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100 Multiple Choice Questions (2 points each)

Unit 1: Principles of Government

Chapter 1, Section 1: Principles of Government

  1. Know the 4 essential features of a State
  2. Know sovereignty
  3. Know government
  4. Know divine right theory
  5. Know state
  6. Know social consensus
  7. Know social contract theory

Chapter 1, Section 2: Formation of Government

  1. Know unitary system of government
  2. Know federal system of government
  3. Know confederacy
  4. Know politics
  5. Know Constitution
  6. Know constitutional law
  7. Know constitutional government

Chapter 1, Section 3: Types of Government

  1. Know democracy
  2. Know representative democracy
  3. Know oligarchy
  4. Know autocracy
  5. Know Monarchy
  6. Know Aristotle
  7. Know Republic

Chapter 1, Section 4: Economic Theories

  1. Know command economy (communism)
  2. Know capitalism and Adam Smith
  3. Know Socialism
  4. Know Economics
  5. Know Laissez-Faire

Unit 2: Origins of American Government

Chapter 2, Section 1: The Colonial Period

  1. Know Mayflower Compact
  2. Know representative government
  3. Know Limited Government
  4. Know Magna Carta
  5. Know Great Fundamentals
  6. Know English Bill of Rights
  7. Know Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
  8. Know Separation of Powers

Chapter 2, Section 2: Uniting for Independence

  1. Know author of Declaration of Independence
  2. Know Embargo
  3. Know president of second continental congress
  4. Know Revenue
  5. Know Boston Tea Party
  6. Know 3 sections of the Declaration of Independence

Chapter 2, Section 3: The Articles of Confederation

  1. Know Shays’s Rebellion
  2. Know ratification
  3. Know Constitutional Convention

Chapter 2, Section 4: Constitutional Convention

  1. Know interstate commerce
  2. Know difference between Federalist and Anti-federalist
  3. Know Connecticut Compromise
  4. Know 3/5 Compromise
  5. Know the Federalist (Jay, Hamilton, Madison)
  6. Know date Constitution was finished and signed
  7. Know Father of the Constitution

Unit 3: The Constitution

Chapter 3, Section 1: Structure and Principal

  1. Know purpose of Preamble
  2. Know Popular Sovereignty
  3. Know Judicial Review and Marbury vs. Madison
  4. Know purpose of amendments
  5. Know Articles of Constitution
  6. Know Article 2 of the Constitution
  7. Know Article 3 of the Supreme Court
  8. Know Federalism
  9. Know Article 1 of the Constitution
  10. Know Article 6 of the Constitution
  11. Know how many words make up Constitution
  12. Know Checks and Balances

Chapter 3, Section 2: Three Branches of Government

  1. Know which branch of Congress was to be the voice of the people
  2. Know expressed powers of Congress
  3. Know Elastic Clause and McCulloch vs. Maryland
  4. Know which branch of Congress was to be the voice and interest of the states

Chapter 3, Section 3: Amending the Constitution

  1. Know executive agreement
  2. Know time limit of ratification of an amendment
  3. Know how an amendment is proposed
  4. Know impeachment
  5. Know how an amendment can be ratified

Chapter 3, Section 4: Amendments

  1. Know Bill of Rights
  2. Know 1st amendment
  3. Know 26th Amendment

Unit 4: Political Parties

Chapter 16, Section 1: Development of Parties

  1. Know political parties
  2. Know ideologies
  3. Know single-issue party
  4. Know one-party system
  5. Know coalition governments
  6. Know single-member districts
  7. Know third parties
  8. Know Ideological parties
  9. Know theocracy
  10. Know splinter party

Chapter 16, Section 2: Party Organization

  1. Know precincts
  2. Know ward
  3. Know independent voters
  4. Know patronage

Chapter 16, Section 3: Nominating Candidates

  1. Know ticket
  2. Know open primary
  3. Know closed primary
  4. Know Thomas Nast
  5. Know national committee
  6. Know primary (direct)
  7. Know platform
  8. Know planks
  9. Know caucuses