WGU C963 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Natural Rights - ANS The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away.
State of Nature - ANS A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into
existence.
Due Process - ANS The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in
place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - ANS An agreement between people and government in which citizens
consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - ANS Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of
government.
Bicameral Legislature - ANS A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers.
Popular Vote - ANS An election in which the winner is determined by the number of
individual votes obtained.
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, Virginia Plan - ANS A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to
the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper house would
be chosen by the lower house.
New Jersey Plan - ANS A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state
would receive one vote.
Great Compromise - ANS Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A compromise
between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a bicameral legislature;
representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation
of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - ANS A compromise between northern and southern states that
called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave population for both
federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - ANS The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - ANS A system that allows one branch of government to limit the
exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to work
together..
Separation of Powers - ANS The sharing of powers among three separate branches of
government.
Federal System - ANS A form of government which power is divided between state
governments and a national government.
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
Natural Rights - ANS The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away.
State of Nature - ANS A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into
existence.
Due Process - ANS The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in
place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - ANS An agreement between people and government in which citizens
consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - ANS Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of
government.
Bicameral Legislature - ANS A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers.
Popular Vote - ANS An election in which the winner is determined by the number of
individual votes obtained.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Virginia Plan - ANS A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to
the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper house would
be chosen by the lower house.
New Jersey Plan - ANS A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state
would receive one vote.
Great Compromise - ANS Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A compromise
between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a bicameral legislature;
representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation
of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - ANS A compromise between northern and southern states that
called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave population for both
federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - ANS The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - ANS A system that allows one branch of government to limit the
exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to work
together..
Separation of Powers - ANS The sharing of powers among three separate branches of
government.
Federal System - ANS A form of government which power is divided between state
governments and a national government.
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