Foundations of Government Review 1. This type of government, according to geographic distribution of power, puts all it’s power in a central government. 2. List the four characteristics of a state? 3. The evolutionary theory of the origin of the state said the state grew out of the early ____. 4. This document divides the power in a federal form of government. 5. Under this type of government the leader of the executive branch is chosen independently from the legislative branch 6. This type of government only allows one or a few to participate. 7. Where would you find the purpose of the U.S. Government? 8. Which of the four characteristics of a state do each of the fifty U.S. States not have? 9. This compromise at the Constitutional Convention dealt with the issue of slavery. 10. This type of governmental power allows it to make laws. 11. In this type of government power is divided between a national and several local governments. 12. Locke and Rousseau wrote about which theory of the origins of the state? 13. This type of government is an alliance of independent states. 14. This type of government power allows it to interpret the meaning of laws and settle disputes. 15. This term means the power or right to make all rules for your nation. 16. This theory of the government involves the strongest becoming the ruler. 17. The President is the leader in the U.S. of this classification of governmental power. 18. The group that holds these types of powers in the U.S. is the Congress. 19. In a democracy sovereignty is located in the ___. 20. In which type of government is the leader of the executive branch elected from the legislative branch? 21. This type of classification of government has two types direct and representative. 22. Under this type of government the chief executive can be removed after a vote of no confidence. 23. God gave people the right to rule under this theory of the beginning on the state. 24. This theory was used to justify the Declaration of Independence. 25. Another term for indirect democracy is ______. 26. This plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention had a bicameral legislature with equal representation for all states. 27. He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence. 28. He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention. 29. He is considered the father of the Constitution because he wrote most of it. 30. The economic compromises at the Constitutional Convention allowed the government to tax ____ but not _____.

Answers 1. Unitary 2. Population, territory, sovereignty, government 3. Family 4. Constitution 5. Presidential 6. Dictatorship 7. Constitution 8. Sovereignty 9. 3/5th compromise 10. Legislative 11. Federal 12. Social Contract 13. Confederation 14. Judicial 15. Sovereignty 16. Force 17. Executive 18. Legislative 19. People 20. Parliamentary 21. Democracy 22. Parliamentary 23. Divine Right 24. Social Contract 25. Representative 26. Virginia Plan 27. Thomas Jefferson 28. George Washington 29. James Madison 30. Imports but not exports This is a partial review only. You need to have completed your assignments, listened and taken notes in class and have completed the worksheet to be prepared.