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GOV CONSTITUTION BRIEF

Multiple Choice
You need to finish the test in one sitting. If you turn off the computer you will loose yuur answers so use your cell phone to take a snapshot of your answers and enter them in again after you restart the test.
 

 1. 
Introduction to the Constitution
a.
Preamble
c.
bibliography
b.
Introduction
d.
Contents
 

 2. 
National legislature
a.
California Assembly
c.
National Executive
b.
Congress
d.
National Judiciary
 

 3. 
Lower house of the national legislature
a.
House of Senate
c.
House of Representatives
b.
White House
d.
Common House
 

 4. 
Upper house of the national legislature
a.
House
c.
Cabinet
b.
Senate
d.
Assembly
 

 5. 
President of the United States
a.
chief executive
c.
Mr. President
b.
commander in chief
d.
all of these
 

 6. 
Electors (people) chosen by the states to elect the president and vice president
a.
democratic electors
c.
popular voters
b.
electoral college
d.
Registrar of voters
 

 7. 
Highest  court in the United States. Has the final say on all constitutional law.
a.
Supreme Court
c.
Executive Court
b.
National Court
d.
Court of Appeals
 

 8. 
Authority to decide whether a law is constitutional
a.
executive authority
c.
judicial review
b.
congressional responsibility
d.
amendment authority
 

 9. 
Independent, equal and free. The U.S. is a _____ nation.
a.
subservient
c.
sovereign
b.
subjugated
d.
vassal
 

 10. 
Right to vote
a.
freedom of speech
c.
suffrage
b.
electoral college
d.
implied power
 

 11. 
Which Article deals with the Legislative branch of government?
a.
Art I
c.
Art III
b.
Art II
d.
Art IV
 

 12. 
Which Article deals with the judicial branch of government?
a.
Art I
c.
Art III
b.
Art II
d.
Art V
 

 13. 
Which Article deals with the Executive branch of government?
a.
Art I
c.
Art III
b.
Art II
d.
Art IV
 

 14. 
Which Article describes the duties and responsibilities of the President?
a.
Art I
c.
Art III
b.
Art II
d.
Art IV
 

 15. 
Article I, Sec 2, Clause 1 says that members of the House of Representatives will be chosen every _____ year.
a.
second
c.
fourth
b.
sixth
d.
does not say
 

 16. 
Art V deals with .....
a.
National Supremacy
c.
Amending the Constitution
b.
Ratification
d.
Relations between the states
 

 17. 
According to the Constitution, who has the power to declare war?
a.
Congress
c.
The President
b.
The Supreme Court
d.
none of these
 

 18. 
Which part of the Constitution explains the powers forbidden to the states?
a.
Art I, Sec 8
c.
Art II
b.
Art I, Sec 10
d.
Art IV
 

 19. 
The Constitution says that it takes a _____ vote of the states to ratify a change in the constitution.
a.
1/2
c.
3/5
b.
2/3
d.
3/4
 

 20. 
Which article says the U.S. Government laws supercede the State laws?
a.
Article I
c.
Article III
b.
Article VI
d.
Article VIII
 

 21. 
In the United States, who elects the President?
a.
the people directly
c.
the states using the Electoral College
b.
the Congress
d.
the Senate
 

 22. 
Why does California have the most votes for president (54) and Alaska the fewest (3)?
a.
California has more cities
c.
Californians are better educated
b.
California has more people
d.
There are fewer polling places in Alaska
 

 23. 
Which was the first country founded on the idea that ordinary people could govern themselves without a king?t
a.
England
c.
United States
b.
Camada
d.
Mexico
 

 24. 
The purpose of the Constitution is outlined in the Preamble. Which reason below is NOT a purpose of the Constitution?
a.
provide for the common defense
e.
provide free health care and college tuition
b.
form  a more perfect union
f.
ensure domestic tanquility
c.
promote the general welfare
g.
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
d.
etablish justice
 

Essay
 

 25. 
What are your thoughts about the Constitution of the United States?
Tell me what you think.
 



 
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