WGU C963 COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PRACTICE SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ State of Nature. Answer: A theory on how people might have lived
before societies came into existence.
◉ Due Process. Answer: The requirement that government, when
dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally
applies to all.
◉ Social Contract. Answer: An agreement between people and
government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the
government protects their natural rights.
◉ Political Ideologies. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
◉ Bicameral Legislature. Answer: A lawmaking body that consists of
two separate chambers.
◉ Popular Vote. Answer: An election in which the winner is
determined by the number of individual votes obtained.
,◉ Virginia Plan. Answer: 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. Answer: A plan that called for a one-house
national legislature; each state would receive one vote.
◉ Great Compromise. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: The power of the president to reject a law proposed
by Congress.
◉ Checks and Balances. Answer: 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. Answer: The sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government.
, ◉ Federal System. Answer: A form of government which power is
divided between state governments and a national government.
◉ Enumerated Powers. Answer: The powers given explicitly to the
federal government by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate
and foreign commerce, raise and support armies, declare war, coin
money, and conduct foreign affairs.
◉ Reserved Powers. Answer: Any powers not prohibited by the
Constitution or delegated to the national government; powers reserved
to the states and denied to the federal government.
◉ Political Ideologies. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
◉ Ratification. Answer: The action of signing or giving formal
consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
◉ Republic. Answer: A system of government in which power is
given to the people through their ability to elect representatives who
make laws on their behalf.
◉ Habeas Corpus. Answer: The right to know, before a judge, why
you have been detained.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PRACTICE SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ State of Nature. Answer: A theory on how people might have lived
before societies came into existence.
◉ Due Process. Answer: The requirement that government, when
dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally
applies to all.
◉ Social Contract. Answer: An agreement between people and
government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the
government protects their natural rights.
◉ Political Ideologies. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
◉ Bicameral Legislature. Answer: A lawmaking body that consists of
two separate chambers.
◉ Popular Vote. Answer: An election in which the winner is
determined by the number of individual votes obtained.
,◉ Virginia Plan. Answer: 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. Answer: A plan that called for a one-house
national legislature; each state would receive one vote.
◉ Great Compromise. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: The power of the president to reject a law proposed
by Congress.
◉ Checks and Balances. Answer: 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. Answer: The sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government.
, ◉ Federal System. Answer: A form of government which power is
divided between state governments and a national government.
◉ Enumerated Powers. Answer: The powers given explicitly to the
federal government by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate
and foreign commerce, raise and support armies, declare war, coin
money, and conduct foreign affairs.
◉ Reserved Powers. Answer: Any powers not prohibited by the
Constitution or delegated to the national government; powers reserved
to the states and denied to the federal government.
◉ Political Ideologies. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
◉ Ratification. Answer: The action of signing or giving formal
consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
◉ Republic. Answer: A system of government in which power is
given to the people through their ability to elect representatives who
make laws on their behalf.
◉ Habeas Corpus. Answer: The right to know, before a judge, why
you have been detained.
