TEST PREP [Types of Government & Major Constitutional Principles]

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  1. 5. In a __________ such as Iran religious leaders are in charge.
  2. 6. The social contract theory as applied to the Declaration of Independence most directly reflects the ideas of __________.
  3. 10. The term __________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government.
  4. 12. In an absolute __________, such as Saudi Arabia, a king or queen has all the power, but in a Constitutional __________, such as Great Britain, the power of king or queen is limited.
  5. 14. In 1790, the first census of the United States was taken in order to determine each state’s __________ in Congress.
  6. 15. Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that reduce the __________ of governmental power.
  7. 17. According to the United States Constitution, the federal __________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives.
  8. 18. A form of government where one person has all the power.
  9. 19. To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of separation of __________.
  10. 21. The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by creating three __________ of government.
  11. 23. One way in which the Declaration of Independence and the original United States Constitution are similar is that both promote the idea of the __________ of the governed.
  12. 24. The authors of the United States Constitution established a __________ legislature primarily because they reached a compromise between the large states and the small states over representation.
  13. 25. In a __________ dictatorship the government has almost total control over people’s lives.
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  1. 1. The __________ powers belong to the United States Government.
  2. 2. Senate Rejects Supreme Court Nominee; Supreme Court Declares National Recovery Act (NRA) Unconstitutional; Congress Overrides Truman Veto of Taft Hartley Act Each of these headlines illustrates the use of __________.
  3. 3. __________ of President Donald Trump by the US House of Representatives is an example of the use of checks and balances.
  4. 4. “Congress shall have power . . . to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . . ” This statement from the United States Constitution is referred to as the __________ clause.
  5. 7. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for __________ proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of equal state representation or proportionate state representation.
  6. 8. I The structure of the legislative branch of government is set out in __________ of the Constitution.
  7. 9. A fundamental principle of a republican form of government is that legislation must be passed by the __________ representatives of the people.
  8. 11. European __________ thinkers and writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Locke influenced America’s colonial development by providing ideas about self-government and political Rights.
  9. 13. The Preamble to the United States Constitution illustrates the principle that __________ are the true source of political power.
  10. 16. A form of government where a small group has most of the power.
  11. 20. A __________form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people.
  12. 22. The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to provide adequate powers for the __________ government.