WGU C963 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
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
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
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.
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
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
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
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.
