Question

1. A system of government where a strong central government shares power with regional governments:

2. This person wrote that people had natural rights (life, liberty, and property):

3. Totalitarian dictatorship is this type of government:

4. The belief that a deity selects who can rule society:

5. A system of government where the regional governments hold the power. It is basically a loose group of independent states:

6. A system of government that gives the central government all key powers:

7. The first constitution of the United States was the:

8. What are powers that belong to the states called?

9. The United States uses these powers to carry out its expressed powers:

10. What are powers that are shared between the national and state governments called?

11. Powers that a government cannot have are called __________ powers.

12. This power is denied to governments in the United States:

13. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18

14. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

15. Which level of government has the power to set standards for education?

16. What services do local governments like Rockdale County and the City of Conyers provide?

17. Laws passed by Congress, and the treaties of the United States " shall be the supreme law of the land"

18. A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision is a:

19. The procedure by which an elected official may be removed from office by popular vote.

20. By using the __________ citizens can initiate legislation.

Answer 1

1. Federal system (federalism / federation)

2. John Locke

3. Authoritarian (autocracy)

4. Divine right (divine right of kings)

5. Confederation (confederal system)

6. Unitary system (unitary government)

7. The Articles of Confederation

8. Reserved powers

9. Implied powers

10. Concurrent powers

11. Denied (or prohibited) powers

12. Granting titles of nobility (no titles of nobility)

13. The Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)

14. The Commerce Clause

15. State government

16. Local services such as police and fire protection, sanitation and trash collection, water/sewer, local road maintenance, parks and libraries, zoning/building permits, and local schools

17. The Supremacy Clause

18. Referendum

19. Recall (recall election)

20. Initiative