Civics Midterm 2024

Women's right to vote

Which principle says that government is formed by the consent of the governed?

Love and devotion to one’s country is called _____.

Which term means "having many diverse backgrounds and beliefs"?

What is any transfer of money from the federal government to state or local governments called?

Any system of public rule or authority is called _____.

Who chooses the executive in a parliamentary system?

Who began the programs of the New Deal?

Who promoted a solution to religious warfare that he called natural law?

Legislative Branch

Money set aside for a specific purpose is called a(n) ______.

Which part of the Constitution establishes the highest law of the land?

Creation Mandate

God gave the authority rule to _____.

What is anarchy?

Which amendment provided for the direct popular election of senators?

A federal aid that combines several categorical grants under a general umbrella is called a(n) _____ grant.

Who is the chief executive officer of the United States?

Any system of public rule or authority

What does the blindfold on the statue of Lady Justice represent?

How do governments protect their citizens?

Which type of government is Britain under Elizabeth II?

Which branch of the government interprets the laws?

What part of the Constitution describes reserved powers?

Which obligation of the governed is illustrated by standing up for Christian morals?

Which pope tried to exercise papal power but was removed from power in 1303?

Which pope demanded submission from the kings of England and France?

Which amendment promises no unreasonable searches and seizures?

Set term limits for the President

In which year was the Magna Carta signed?

Which governmental body is elected by popular vote?

What is the twisting of man's mind, will, and emotion by sin?

How many Amendments to the Constitution are there?

Which war was partially caused by disagreement over the powers of the federal government?

Which type of government does the United States have?

Government should promote _____ behavior.

A conflict between groups with different ideals, beliefs, and philosophies is called a _____ war.

Which type of government was Germany under Adolf Hitler?

How many articles to the Constitution are there?

Which of these terms does NOT describe types of monarchies?

Which type of governmental system is rare because of geographic limitations?

Which obligation of the governed is best illustrated by running for office?

Which term refers to a retroactive law?

One of the obligations of the government is to address _____.

Which term refers to a two-house legislative system?

What is the process by which a foreign-born person gains citizenship?

no unreasonable searches and seizures

What event shattered the illusion of religious unity in Europe?

What is the right to be charged with a crime or released?

Which book of the Bible says that humanity is made in the "image of God"?

What is God’s command to mankind to exercise dominion over God’s world called?

John Locke was a philosopher from _____.

Federal aid that is given to state and local governments for a specific purpose is called a _____ grant.

right to bear arms

What is a count of the population called?

Which religious group dominated the US until the late 19th century?

What controversy was ended by the Concordat of Worms?

_____ is a system in which governmental power is divided into two or more levels.

Which amendment abolished poll taxes?

Which type of aid program was last used in 1986?

no involuntary quartering of troops

Jefferson's writing were the result of the influence of

Rights of the accused Amendments

Which of these is one of the primary obligations of government?

Who came to rule England as the result of the Glorious Revolution?

Which amendment allowed the creation of the income tax?

What term refers to a system in which the national and state levels are sovereign within their own spheres?

What governmental system allows for public participation?

What is a basic duty of government?

Doing right and respecting others’ rights is called _____.

What was the agreement among the Pilgrims that established a government?

What does the Bible teach is the appropriate way to earn a living?

What is not one of the branches of the federal government?

What are the human qualities that reflect God’s character called?

What city’s example of religious toleration in 1665 resulted in the promotion of natural law?

Which amendments describe the rights of the people and the states?

Who began the official program of revenue sharing?

Prohibition and Repeal of Prohibition

What are general powers expressed in or derived from the Constitution called?

Freedom of expression Amendment

Reconstruction and Civil War Amendments

What represents Lady Justice's power to punish?

Who began the programs of the Great Society?

Which amendment provided for women’s right to vote?

Who vetoed legislation because the power to create it was not “expressly given by the Constitution”?

Doing right and respecting other's rights.

18 year old vote

Moral questions are answered differently by various groups because their _____ are different.

Who began the interstate highway program?

Which amendment set term limits for the president?

What is the term for the minimum number needed to transact business?

According to secularists, all religious arguments regarding politics should be _____.

Which powers are derived from other specifically expressed powers?

Who issued the Edict of Milan?

Which amendment promises the right to bear arms?

Date of the signing of the Constitution.

In what year did the Pilgrims arrive in America?

Which of these terms does NOT describe dictatorships?

What is the right to send official mail free of charge called?

What term refers to the division of power among different levels of government?

What are expressed powers specifically written into the Constitution called?

All laws reflect a _____ viewpoint.

rights of the people and the states

Income Tax

What is the document at the heart of American government?

Which philosophy believes that religion is a personal, not a public, matter?

What does the First Amendment protect?

direct popular election of Senators

What permits punishment without a trial?

The term _____ describes a diverse society.

Which amendments describe the rights of the accused?

Which amendment forbids involuntary quartering of troops?

Political ideology is a set of beliefs based on an underlying _____.

Federal aid governed by demographic information in a given area is called a _____ grant.

Abolished the poll tax

Conformity to God’s standard is _____.

What are powers not given to the national government or denied to the states called?

Image of God

In what city was the first democracy created?

Man's mind , will, and emotions are all twisted by sin.

The US Constitution requires that each state government have a _____ form of government.

What fraction of the states is required to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?

Which amendments were the Reconstruction or Civil War amendments?

Under which form of government do regional governments retain supremacy?