Abeka American Government Test 3 (Nine-Weeks Exam)

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  the characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors

  heritage
• a love for one's country and loyalty to that country

  patriotism
• the first foundational civil ordinance

  capital punishment
• according to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism

  freedom
• the upper house of Parliament

  House of Lords
• the lower house of Parliament

  House of Commons
• the upper house of Congress

  Senate
• the lower house of Congress

  House of Representatives
• a proposed new law

  bill
• a private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates

  caucus
• a group of people elected by the citizens of each state in order to elect a presidential candidate

  electoral college
• commands by the President which have the force of law

  executive orders
• a panel of advisers made up by the heads of the executive departments

  Cabinet
• a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials

  bureaucracy
• the highest number of votes won, but less than a majority

  plurality
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  What is represented above the head of the chief justice of the Supreme Court?

  Ten Commandments
• What word that literally means "the people rule"?

  democracy
• What was the greatest influence on the English nation?

  Bible*
• What became the model for the colonial legislatures and for the U.S. Congress?

  Parliament*
• Which article in the Constitution established the executive branch?

  Article II*
• From whom did the idea of separation of powers originate?


  Charles de Montesquieu*
• What term refers to a temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill?

  conference committee*
• What special group of judges that presides over cases arising out of government agency decisions?

  administrative-law judges*
• Which amendment allows a President to be elected to only two terms and to serve for no more than 10 years?

  22nd Ammendment*
• What is it called when the government annually spends more than it receives in revenue?

  deficit spending*
• MULTIPLE CHOICE:

  Who wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner"?

  Francis Scott Key
• Who became the first black America to achieve the rank of four-star general?

  Daniel "Chappie" James
• In what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited authority and usually inherit his position?

  absolute monarchy
• What word literally means "to rule by oneself"?

  autocracy
• In what form of government does the ruler maintain absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of the individual to the state?

  totalitarian dictatorship
• What event had an immeasurable effect upon the unity of the colonists and helped prepare them for future political, economic, and religious liberty?

  Great Awakening
• Who was the member of Parliament that supported the American colonists?

  Edmund Burke
• Who was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence?

  Thomas Jefferson
• What became America's first national constitution?

  Articles of Confederation
• Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention?

  George Washington
• In which article of the Constitution is the Constitution described as the "supreme law of the land"?

  Article VI
• How long is a presidential term?

  four years
• Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?

  president pro tempore
• This is not part of the process of how a bill becomes a law?

  vetoed by a committee
• What kind of representative votes according to his personal judgment rather than the views of his constituency?

  trustee