CURRENT UNIT OF STUDY: "Creation of a Nation" (Creation of the Constitution)
STUDY GUIDE FOR QUIZ ON Friday, 12/04/2009 ("THE CONSTITUTION'S COMPONENTS"):
The quiz is a combination of multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank. The items
below are all on the quiz, and nothing is missing from this list. Use your
notes from this week to help you.
1. Know the following parts of the Constitution:
-Preamble:
-Articles:
-Amendments:
2. Which goal in the Preamble relates to setting up a court system to deal
with legal problems?
3. If the government sent in the National Guard to rebuild New Orleans after
Hurricane Katrina, which goal of our Preamble were they trying to achieve?
4. What does the goal "to promote the general welfare" mean?
5. Which of the Constitutions 7 PRINCIPLES best relates to the GOAL "to secure
the blessings of liberty?
6. Which 3 articles describe the legislative, executive, & judicial branches?
7. What does article 5 describe?
8. What does article 6 state?
9. Which principle relates to the following example: Governor John Corzine was
caught not wearing his seatbelt in 2007. He still had to pay a fine, even
though he was governor?
10. What does "Republicanism" mean?
11. What does "Federalism" mean?
12. Which branch of government has each of the following powers?
-Making sure that people follow the laws & can veto new laws:
-Making laws and overriding the president's veto of a law:
-Deciding what the law means & declaring a law unconstitutional:
