Semester 1 Final - Fill in the Blanks

Question 1

The __________ required parents to provide for the education for their children.

Answer 1

Act of 1642

Question 2

_________ is defined as church members electing their leaders.

Answer 2

Congressionalism

Question 3

Mr. T is related to a guy who fell off the __________ (name the boat).

Answer 3

Mayflower

Question 4

A __________ is a government ruled directly by God or the clergy.

Answer 4

Theocracy

Question 5

Without any government, we would live in __________.

Answer 5

Anarchy

Question 6

The __________ protects the states’ powers from federal domination

Answer 6

10th Amendment

Question 7

__________ is divided into the house of Representatives and the Senate

Answer 7

Congress

Question 8

Mr. T’s grandparents came from __________, a country with a parliamentary system.

Answer 8

United Kingdom

Question 9

A __________ government retains most power at a regional level.

Answer 9

Confederate

Question 10

When the people elect their peers to operate the government on their behalf, it is called an __________

Answer 10

Indirect Democracy

Question 11

The following factories nurtured the growth of colonial political power: official neglect, __________, and geographical hindrances.

Answer 11

Geographic Remoteness

Question 12

The 33-year-old __________ would do the actual writing of the Constitution

Answer 12

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

The __________ was a document guaranteeing basic civil liberties to all British subjects.

Answer 13

Petition of Right

Question 14

In 1760, Britain’s huge __________ following the end of the French and Indian War was a source of tension that pushed Americans toward independence.

Answer 14

Debt

Question 15

__________ is known as the Father of the Constitution

Answer 15

James Madison