Name: ____________________________ Date: ________

GOVERNMENT FINAL
_____ 1. The jurisdiction that gives federal courts the sole right to hear a case
a. Concurrent jurisdiction
b. Exclusive jurisdiction
c. Original jurisdiction
_____ 2. The jurisdiction that refers to cases that fall under both state and federal jurisdiction
a. Concurrent jurisdiction
b. Exclusive jurisdiction
c. Appellate jurisdiction
_____ 3. The jurisdiction given to the court that first hears a case
a. Concurrent jurisdiction
b. Exclusive jurisdiction
c. Original jurisdiction
_____ 4. What was the purpose of the Judiciary Act of 1789?
a. To formalize details of the courts organization and the way the courts work
b. To strategically nominate future Supreme Court justices
c. To lay out the process of impeaching a president
_____ 5. What is the concept that judges can adapt the meaning of the constitution to meet the demands
of contemporary realities?
a. Judicial restraint
b. Judicial activism
c. Appellate jurisdiction
_____ 6. What document is signed by at least 5 of the 9 members of the Supreme Court and represents
the final ruling of the case?
a. Concurring opinion
b. Majority opinion
c. Dissenting opinion
_____ 7. What written document is made to back up the final ruling of a case with additional legal
reasoning?
a. Concurring opinion
b. Majority opinion
c. Dissenting opinion


_____ 8. What document is signed by the minority of the justices who do not agree with the ruling of
the case?
a. Concurring opinion
b. Majority opinion
c. Dissenting opinion
_____ 9. What is a survey that polls a randomly selected number of voters after the person votes in a
booth?
a. Entrance poll
b. Benchmark poll
c. Exit poll
_____ 10. What is a poll sample?
a. The group of people who take part in a poll
b. The final results of a poll
c. The rough draft of questions used in a poll
_____ 11. What is a special interest group?
a. A group of people who specifically boycott other countries products
b. A group of people who hold similar views and goals
c. A group of people who specifically just give money to a presidential candidate
_____ 12. What is lobbying?
a. Contacting a public official and persuading them to support the views of an interest group
b. Sitting in a lobby as a political resistance act
c. When a member of the House or Senate use Whips to ask opposing party members which
candidate in an upcoming election they will be voting for
_____ 13. The United States is a
a. Multi party system
b. One party system
c. Two party system
_____ 14. What is money donated to an individual campaign?
a. Hard money
b. Soft money
c. Cheap money
_____ 15. What is money given to a party rather than to a specific candidate?
a. Hard money
b. Soft money
c. Cheap money

_____ 16. What term shows the continuum of social and political beliefs that stretches from conservative
on the right to liberal on the left?
a. Multiparty system
b. Political party system
c. Political spectrum
_____ 17. What is a closed primary?
a. The voter must identify with a political party before voting
b. The voter does not have to identify with a political party before voting
c. When there are no write-ins allowed in the voting booth
_____ 18. Interest groups and political parties promote democracy by
a. Giving money to the political parties
b. Linking citizens to the political process
c. Lobbying behind the scenes
_____ 19. The difference between interest groups and political parties is
a. Interest groups seek to gain control, political parties influence public opinion
b. Political parties seek to gain control, interest groups influence public opinion
c. Political parties and interest groups are the same thing
_____ 20. The basic freedoms to think and to act that all people have and that are protected against
government abuse is called
a. Civil liberties
b. Civil rights
c. Bill of Rights
_____ 21. The rights of fair and equal status and treatment and the right to participate in government is
called:
a. Bill of Rights
b. Civil rights
c. Civil liberties
_____ 22. What is the establishment clause?
a. States that the government cannot take actions that create an official religion or support
one religion over another
b. States the legal court system that the United States runs on today
c.
_____ 23. A spoken insult is also called
a. Salamander
b. Slander
c. Liberal
_____ 24. If an insult is in print, then it is considered
a. Slander
b. Libel
c. Liberal
_____ 25. What is a government action that seeks to prevent materials from being published?
a. Prior restraint
b. Affirmative action
c. Bill of attainder
_____ 26. A private dispute between people over property or relationships would be a
a. Affirmative action
b. Criminal law case
c. Civil law case
_____ 27. The system for dealing with crimes and their punishment is
a. Criminal law
b. Civil law
c. Prior restraint
_____ 28. What law declares a certain person guilty of a crime?
a. Bill of attainder
b. Prior restraint
c. Affirmative action
_____ 29. Laws that apply to events in the past are called
a. Habeas corpus
b. Double jeopardy
c. Ex post facto laws
_____ 30. What legal order requires an imprisoned person to be brought before a court to determine
whether the imprisonment was legal or not?
a. Habeas Corpus
b. Double jeopardy
c. Prior restraint

_____ 31. Standing trial twice for the same case is unconstitutional and is called
a. Prior restraint
b. Double jeopardy
c. Habeas Corpus

_____ 32. What clause requires states to apply the law the same way for one person that they would for
another person in the same circumstances?
a. Equal protection clause
b. Supremacy clause
c. Jim Crow laws
_____ 33. What was the name given to segregation laws that segregated nearly all areas in life?
a. Jim Crow laws
b. Equal Pay Act
c. Brown v. Board of Education
_____ 34. Suffrage means
a. Misery
b. Suffering
c. Right to vote
_____ 35. What requires employers and institutions to provide opportunities for people who are in a
minority group?
a. Affirmative action
b. Habeas corpus
c. Suffrage
_____ 36. What is the legal process for an immigrant to become a citizen?
a. Expatriation
b. Naturalization
c. Affirmative action
_____ 37. What act required all employers to offer equal pay to men and women doing the same work?
a. Fair and Equal Act
b. Supremacy Clause
c. Equal Pay Act of 1963

_____ 38. To voluntarily give up ones citizenship is called
a. Expatriation
b. Equal Pay Act of 1963
c. Naturalization
_____ 39. What amendment gave citizenship to slaves?
a. 22nd
b. 14th
c. 25th

_____ 40. What amendment gave voting rights to African American slaves?
a. 20th
b. 15th
c. 8th
_____ 41. What is the name of the government system where the power is concentrated in the hands of a
single leader or small group?
a. Authoritarian government
b. Democratic government
c. Emirate government
_____ 42. What government system does the local government only have powers given to them by the
central government?
a. Oligarchy government
b. Unitary government
c. Ecclesiastical government

_____ 43. What is a temporary alliance for political purposes?
a. Proletariat
b. Bourgeoisie
c. Coalition
_____ 44. What government system is ruled by religious leaders and the rulers claim to be directed by
religion?
a. Theocracy
b. Democracy
c. Anarchy
_____ 45. What term is given to a leader who gained the leadership position by overthrowing the previous
government?
a. President
b. Dictator
c. Prime Minister

_____ 46. What type of authoritarian government controls every aspect of public life and strips people of
their freedom?
a. Theocracy
b. Parliamentary
c. Totalitarianism

_____ 47. What philosophy places glorification of the state above all else?
a. Democracy
b. Fascism
c. Theocracy
_____ 48. What is the base system of the United States economy?
a. Capitalism
b. Communism
c. Command economy
_____ 49. What term means minimal government involved in economic affairs?
a. Coalition
b. Bourgeoisie
c. Laissez faire
_____ 50. What is a statutory law?
a. Determines the basic political principles of a government
b. Very detailed and specific
c. Laws that determine the criteria of a statue in a state
_____ 51. All states except for one have what type of legislature?
a. Unicameral
b. Bicameral
c. Multicameral
_____ 52. What governor power grants pardons and commutations?
a. Executive clemency
b. Executive order
c. Line-item veto
_____ 53. What power allows governors to reject specific parts of legislation while signing the rest of a
bill into law?
a. Section veto
b. Executive order
c. Line-item veto
_____ 54. What does the Missouri Plan do?
a. States that only constituents can vote in judges
b. States that only Legislators can appoint judges
c. Combines methods of election and appointment to select judges

_____ 55. Which form of municipal government allows citizens to elect a mayor to serve as the chief
executive and a city council to serve as the local legislature?
a. Mayor-council system
b. Council-manager system
c. Commission system
_____ 56. Which form of municipal government has the city council appoint a city manager as chief
executive and gives the mayor the role of leading the city council?
a. Mayor-council system
b. Council-manager system
c. Commission system
_____ 57. Which form of municipal government has a group of elected commissioners lead city
departments and set local policies?
a. Mayor-council system
b. Council-manager system
c. Commission system
_____ 58. What allows citizens to propose and enact state and local laws directly, such as signing a
petition?
a. Initiative process
b. Referendum
c. Recall process
_____ 59. What is a popular vote on a proposal that has already been considered by the legislature?
a. Initiative process
b. Referendum
c. Recall process
_____ 60. What allows citizens to remove government officials from office before the end of a term?
a. Initiative process
b. Referendum
c. Recall process
_____ 61. What is the nullification process?
a. The act of numbing a body part
b. The act of canceling something
c. The act of dulling an object
_____ 62. What does the supremacy clause say?
a. The state governments and their constitutions have ultimate power over the land
b. The federal government and the constitution has ultimate power over the land
c. The government and local state governments must coincide constitutions
_____ 63. How many judges are on the Supreme Court today?
a. 9
b. 6
c. 13
_____ 64. How many members are in the House of Representatives?
a. 435
b. 453
c. 100
_____ 65. How long is term for a member of the Senate?
a. 6 years
b. 2 years
c. 4 years
_____ 66. What happens during an impeachment process?
a. Senate committee gathers charges, Senate holds the trial
b. House of Representatives gathers charges, Senate holds the trial
c. Senate gathers charges, House of Representatives holds the trial
_____ 67. Who is next in line for presidency after the vice president?
a. Secretary of State
b. President Pro Tempore
c. Speaker of the House
_____ 68. What committee is permanent and meets regularly?
a. Standing Committee
b. Joint Committee
c. Select Committee
_____ 69. What happens in a Conference Committee?
a. Members in the Senate meet with the President to discuss a bill that was vetoed
b. Members in the House meet and discuss whether or not to send a bill to the Senate
c. Members of the House and Senate meet and compromise on a bill
_____ 70. How old do you have to be to run for President?
a. 40
b. 35
c. 30


_____ 71. Which amendment states that the President can only serve 2 terms that last 4 years?
a. 24th
b. 22th
c. 20
th

_____ 72. Who elects the President?
a. Electoral college
b. The people directly
c. Congress
_____ 73. What is the action of Senate members speaking for an unlimited amount of time the floor in
order to stall a vote on a bill?
a. Filibuster
b. Cloture
c. Recall Process
_____ 74. What does the House have that establishes when a bill will come to the floor and how long the
debate will be allowed?
a. Rules Committee
b. Filibuster
c. Select Committee














MATCHING
a. 1
st
amendment
b. 2
nd
amendment
c. 3
rd
amendment
d. 4
th
amendment
e. 5
th
amendment
_____ 75. Protects people accused of a crime
_____ 76. No quartering of soldiers
_____ 77. Right to freedom of speech, religion, and assembly
_____ 78. Officials must have a warrant for search and seizure
_____ 79. Right to bear arms

a. Market economy
b. Command economy
c. Mixed economy
d. Traditional economy
_____ 80. Individuals make economic decisions based on custom or habit
_____ 81. Individuals and businesses make most economic decisions based on their understanding of
others needs and wants
_____ 82. Government makes most economic decisions
_____ 83. System combines multiple economic systems










KEY
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 A
5 B
6 B
7 A
8 C
9 C
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 A
15 B
16 C
17 A
18 B
19 B
20 A
21 B
22 A
23 B
24 B
25 A
26 C
27 A
28 A
29 C
30 A
31 B
32 A
33 A
34 C
35 A
36 B
37 C
38 A
39 B
40 B
41
42
43 C
44 A
45 B
46 C
47 B
48 A
49 C
50 B
51 B
52 A
53 C
54 C
55 A
56 B
57 C
58 A
59 B
60 C
61 B
62 B
63 A
64 A
65 A
66 B
67 C
68 A
69 C
70 B
71 B
72 A
73 A
74 A