St Petersburg College Civic Literacy
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of government where power
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is derived from the people, either directly or indirectly.
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Representative Democracy or Democratic Republic - CORRECT | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-An indirect or a representative democracy where eligible | | | | | | | |
voters choose representatives to act on their behalf and make political
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decisions.
Constitutional Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A government that | | | | | | |
draws its legitimacy from an authoritative document (a constitution)
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that defines the nation's system of government, its laws and usually the
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rights of its citizens. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
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The Constitution describes who will make national laws, who will
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enforce them and who will interpret it.
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Social Contract Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that people
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are free and equal by natural right but will give up some freedom to give
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power to the government so that the government can protect their
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rights.
,Consent of the Governed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that our
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government derives its power from the people because we elect
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representatives to the legislative branch of government. | | | | | |
Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Principle reflected in the
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Constitution that grants each of the three branches (legislative,
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executive, and judicial) some control and scrutiny over one another.
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Separation of Powers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the division of
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government branches: each with separate independent power and
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responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch do not conflict with
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the others.
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Rule of law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No one is above the law; Everyone
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must follow the laws, regardless of their position of power. This was
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established by the Magna Carta in 1215. Everyone is equal under the
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law.
Due process of law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fair treatment through the
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normal judicial system.| |
Equality under the Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Equal treatment and
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equal protection without the guarantee of equal outcomes.
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, Popular Sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A belief that ultimate
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power resides in the people.
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Natural rights - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rights people have by virtue of
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being human beings; both the Declaration of Independence and
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Constitution address the government's role in protecting these rights.
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Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A political system in which power is
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divided between a central government and multiple constituent,
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provincial, or state governments. | | |
Concurrent powers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Powers that are held by
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both the federal and the local governments (e.g. taxing, roads,
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elections, lower courts). | |
Equal Protection Clause - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clause in the
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Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person
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equal protection of the laws. This clause is the major constitutional
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restraint on the power of governments to discriminate against persons
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because of race, national origin, or sex.
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Article I, Section 4, of the United States Constitution - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Grants the states the authority to determine the rules by | | | | | | | | | |
which they elect their United States Senators and Representatives,
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unless the United States Congress acts to change those rules.
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Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of government where power
| | | | | | | |
is derived from the people, either directly or indirectly.
| | | | | | | |
Representative Democracy or Democratic Republic - CORRECT | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-An indirect or a representative democracy where eligible | | | | | | | |
voters choose representatives to act on their behalf and make political
| | | | | | | | | | |
decisions.
Constitutional Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A government that | | | | | | |
draws its legitimacy from an authoritative document (a constitution)
| | | | | | | | |
that defines the nation's system of government, its laws and usually the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
rights of its citizens. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The Constitution describes who will make national laws, who will
| | | | | | | | | |
enforce them and who will interpret it.
| | | | | |
Social Contract Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that people
| | | | | | | | |
are free and equal by natural right but will give up some freedom to give
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
power to the government so that the government can protect their
| | | | | | | | | | | |
rights.
,Consent of the Governed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that our
| | | | | | | | | |
government derives its power from the people because we elect
| | | | | | | | | |
representatives to the legislative branch of government. | | | | | |
Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Principle reflected in the
| | | | | | | | |
Constitution that grants each of the three branches (legislative,
| | | | | | | | |
executive, and judicial) some control and scrutiny over one another.
| | | | | | | | |
Separation of Powers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the division of
| | | | | | | | | |
government branches: each with separate independent power and
| | | | | | | |
responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch do not conflict with
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the others.
|
Rule of law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No one is above the law; Everyone
| | | | | | | | | | | |
must follow the laws, regardless of their position of power. This was
| | | | | | | | | | | |
established by the Magna Carta in 1215. Everyone is equal under the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
law.
Due process of law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fair treatment through the
| | | | | | | | | |
normal judicial system.| |
Equality under the Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Equal treatment and
| | | | | | | | |
equal protection without the guarantee of equal outcomes.
| | | | | | |
, Popular Sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A belief that ultimate
| | | | | | | |
power resides in the people.
| | | |
Natural rights - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rights people have by virtue of
| | | | | | | | | |
being human beings; both the Declaration of Independence and
| | | | | | | | |
Constitution address the government's role in protecting these rights.
| | | | | | | |
Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A political system in which power is
| | | | | | | | | |
divided between a central government and multiple constituent,
| | | | | | | |
provincial, or state governments. | | |
Concurrent powers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Powers that are held by
| | | | | | | | |
both the federal and the local governments (e.g. taxing, roads,
| | | | | | | | | |
elections, lower courts). | |
Equal Protection Clause - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clause in the
| | | | | | | |
Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person
| | | | | | | | | | |
equal protection of the laws. This clause is the major constitutional
| | | | | | | | | | |
restraint on the power of governments to discriminate against persons
| | | | | | | | | |
because of race, national origin, or sex.
| | | | | |
Article I, Section 4, of the United States Constitution - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Grants the states the authority to determine the rules by | | | | | | | | | |
which they elect their United States Senators and Representatives,
| | | | | | | | |
unless the United States Congress acts to change those rules.
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