WGU C963 Exam Questions and
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The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away. - ✔✔Natural Rights
A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. -
✔✔State of Nature
The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a
fair procedure which it equally applies to all. - ✔✔Due Process
An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be
governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. - ✔✔Social
Contract
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government.
- ✔✔Political Ideologies
A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. - ✔✔Bicameral
Legislature
An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes
obtained. - ✔✔Popular Vote
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,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. - ✔✔Virginia Plan
A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive
one vote. - ✔✔New Jersey Plan
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. - ✔✔Great Compromise
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. - ✔✔Three-Fifths Compromise
The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress. - ✔✔Veto
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.. - ✔✔Checks and Balances
The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government. -
✔✔Separation of Powers
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, A form of government which power is divided between state governments and
a national government. - ✔✔Federal System
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. - ✔✔Enumerated Powers
Any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the national
government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal
government. - ✔✔Reserved Powers
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government.
- ✔✔Political Ideologies
The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or
agreement, making it officially valid. - ✔✔Ratification
A system of government in which power is given to the people through their
ability to elect representatives who make laws on their behalf. - ✔✔Republic
The right to know, before a judge, why you have been detained. - ✔✔Habeas
Corpus
A series of 85 essays, written and published in favor of ratifying the
Constitution. - ✔✔The Federalist Papers
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The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away. - ✔✔Natural Rights
A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. -
✔✔State of Nature
The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a
fair procedure which it equally applies to all. - ✔✔Due Process
An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be
governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. - ✔✔Social
Contract
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government.
- ✔✔Political Ideologies
A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. - ✔✔Bicameral
Legislature
An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes
obtained. - ✔✔Popular Vote
1|Page
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,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. - ✔✔Virginia Plan
A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive
one vote. - ✔✔New Jersey Plan
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. - ✔✔Great Compromise
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. - ✔✔Three-Fifths Compromise
The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress. - ✔✔Veto
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.. - ✔✔Checks and Balances
The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government. -
✔✔Separation of Powers
2|Page
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, A form of government which power is divided between state governments and
a national government. - ✔✔Federal System
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. - ✔✔Enumerated Powers
Any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the national
government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal
government. - ✔✔Reserved Powers
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government.
- ✔✔Political Ideologies
The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or
agreement, making it officially valid. - ✔✔Ratification
A system of government in which power is given to the people through their
ability to elect representatives who make laws on their behalf. - ✔✔Republic
The right to know, before a judge, why you have been detained. - ✔✔Habeas
Corpus
A series of 85 essays, written and published in favor of ratifying the
Constitution. - ✔✔The Federalist Papers
3|Page
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
