HSA Government Final Exam Review Questions And
Accurate Answers
Confederate Government - Answer Power given to the states. The national government
is weak. Type of the government the south had during the civil war.
Federal Government - Answer a system in which power is shared among state and
national authorities
Unitary Government - Answer type of government that centralizes all the powers of
government into one central authority
Authoritarian - Answer characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
Communism-Answer a political and economic system where factors of production are
collectively owned and directed by the government
Dictatorship-Answer a government controlled by one person or a small group of people;
usually through control of the military
Monarchy-Answer A government ruled by a king or queen
Oligarchy-Answer government in which ruling power belongs to a few privaledged
people
Totalitarianism - Answer government regulation over every aspect of civic and private
life
,Democracy - Answer a system of government where the chief power is vested in the
people, either directly or through freely elected representatives
Declaration of Independence - Answer The document ratified by delegates of the
American colonies in 1776 that listed their complaints against the British king and
declared their freedom.
Articles of Confederation - Document that established the first central government of
the United States it was replaced by the Constitution in 1789
Dissent - Disagreement with or opposition to an opinion
Expressed Powers - Those powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the
constitution
Preamble - Introduction to the Constitution
Tranquility - Peacefulness
Majority Rule - Answer a system in which the decision of more than half the people is
accepted by all; with the rights of the minority protected
Popular Sovereignty - Answer people hold the final authority in all matters of
government
Checks and Balances - Answer A system that allows each branch of government to limit
the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Exclusive Power - Answer -powers delegated to the national government but not to the
states
, Concurent Power - Answer power shared by both level Ms. state/ federal government
Federalism - Answer a system in which power is divided between the national and state
governments
Implied Power - A power that is not specified for Congress within the constitution but is
needed for congress to fulfill its expressed powers; as long as it is done appropriately
Judicial Review - The power of the Supreme Court to invalidate laws and actions of
local, state or national governments as unconstitutional
Representative Democracy - A government where the people select a smaller group to
represent and govern on behalf of themselves
Rule of Law - Answer principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
Supremacy - Answer The highest authority; US Constitution has supremacy over state
laws, state laws have supremacy over local laws
Bill of Rights - Answer The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, containing a
list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
Civil Liberty - A person's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws
of the country
Ex Post Facto Law - A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that at
that time when committed was not against the law.
Writ - to answer in writing an official request to a government body, a formal request to
someone in authority, usually written and signed by a group of people
Accurate Answers
Confederate Government - Answer Power given to the states. The national government
is weak. Type of the government the south had during the civil war.
Federal Government - Answer a system in which power is shared among state and
national authorities
Unitary Government - Answer type of government that centralizes all the powers of
government into one central authority
Authoritarian - Answer characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
Communism-Answer a political and economic system where factors of production are
collectively owned and directed by the government
Dictatorship-Answer a government controlled by one person or a small group of people;
usually through control of the military
Monarchy-Answer A government ruled by a king or queen
Oligarchy-Answer government in which ruling power belongs to a few privaledged
people
Totalitarianism - Answer government regulation over every aspect of civic and private
life
,Democracy - Answer a system of government where the chief power is vested in the
people, either directly or through freely elected representatives
Declaration of Independence - Answer The document ratified by delegates of the
American colonies in 1776 that listed their complaints against the British king and
declared their freedom.
Articles of Confederation - Document that established the first central government of
the United States it was replaced by the Constitution in 1789
Dissent - Disagreement with or opposition to an opinion
Expressed Powers - Those powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the
constitution
Preamble - Introduction to the Constitution
Tranquility - Peacefulness
Majority Rule - Answer a system in which the decision of more than half the people is
accepted by all; with the rights of the minority protected
Popular Sovereignty - Answer people hold the final authority in all matters of
government
Checks and Balances - Answer A system that allows each branch of government to limit
the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Exclusive Power - Answer -powers delegated to the national government but not to the
states
, Concurent Power - Answer power shared by both level Ms. state/ federal government
Federalism - Answer a system in which power is divided between the national and state
governments
Implied Power - A power that is not specified for Congress within the constitution but is
needed for congress to fulfill its expressed powers; as long as it is done appropriately
Judicial Review - The power of the Supreme Court to invalidate laws and actions of
local, state or national governments as unconstitutional
Representative Democracy - A government where the people select a smaller group to
represent and govern on behalf of themselves
Rule of Law - Answer principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
Supremacy - Answer The highest authority; US Constitution has supremacy over state
laws, state laws have supremacy over local laws
Bill of Rights - Answer The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, containing a
list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
Civil Liberty - A person's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws
of the country
Ex Post Facto Law - A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that at
that time when committed was not against the law.
Writ - to answer in writing an official request to a government body, a formal request to
someone in authority, usually written and signed by a group of people
