AP Gov Unit 1 questions provided with
correct answers.
Anti-Federalists ANS - Those who favored strong state gov'ts & a weak national govt, opposed the
Constitution
Articles of Confederation ANS - the compact among the original 13 colonies that created a loose league
of friendship with the national government drawing its powers from the states.
authority ANS - the power of a person or organization or right to give orders, make decisions, and
enforce obedience.
bicameral legislature ANS - In government, bicameralism (latin bi, two + camera, chamber) is the
practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral
legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses.
bureaucrats ANS - an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being
concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs.
checks and balances ANS - A structure that gives each of the three branches of gov't some degree of
oversight and control over the actions of the others
concurrent powers ANS - powers that are held by both the states and the federal government and may
be exercised simultaneously within the same territory and in relation to the same body of citizens.
confederation ANS - an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance
or league.
, Connecticut Compromise ANS - The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of
1787 or Sherman's Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the
Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that
each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as
proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required
the upper house to be weighted equally between the states. Each state would have two representatives
in the upper house.
consent of the governed ANS - a phrase synonymous with a political theory wherein a government's
legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and legal when derived from the people or
society over which that power is exercised.
federalism ANS - the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units
democracy ANS - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect
people to represent them
denied powers ANS - those powers which are denied from the federal government, state governments
or both.
direct democracy ANS - a form of democracy and a theory of civics in which sovereignty is lodged in the
assembly of all citizens who choose to participate.
elite and class theory ANS - A theory of the state which seeks to describe and explain the power
relationships in contemporary society. The theory posits that a small minority, consisting of members of
the economic elite and policy-planning networks, holds the most power and that this power is
independent of a state's democratic elections process.
enumerated powers ANS - Seventeen powers specifically granted to Congress under Article I, section 8
of the Constitution
factions ANS - a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics.
correct answers.
Anti-Federalists ANS - Those who favored strong state gov'ts & a weak national govt, opposed the
Constitution
Articles of Confederation ANS - the compact among the original 13 colonies that created a loose league
of friendship with the national government drawing its powers from the states.
authority ANS - the power of a person or organization or right to give orders, make decisions, and
enforce obedience.
bicameral legislature ANS - In government, bicameralism (latin bi, two + camera, chamber) is the
practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral
legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses.
bureaucrats ANS - an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being
concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs.
checks and balances ANS - A structure that gives each of the three branches of gov't some degree of
oversight and control over the actions of the others
concurrent powers ANS - powers that are held by both the states and the federal government and may
be exercised simultaneously within the same territory and in relation to the same body of citizens.
confederation ANS - an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance
or league.
, Connecticut Compromise ANS - The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of
1787 or Sherman's Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the
Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that
each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as
proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required
the upper house to be weighted equally between the states. Each state would have two representatives
in the upper house.
consent of the governed ANS - a phrase synonymous with a political theory wherein a government's
legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and legal when derived from the people or
society over which that power is exercised.
federalism ANS - the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units
democracy ANS - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect
people to represent them
denied powers ANS - those powers which are denied from the federal government, state governments
or both.
direct democracy ANS - a form of democracy and a theory of civics in which sovereignty is lodged in the
assembly of all citizens who choose to participate.
elite and class theory ANS - A theory of the state which seeks to describe and explain the power
relationships in contemporary society. The theory posits that a small minority, consisting of members of
the economic elite and policy-planning networks, holds the most power and that this power is
independent of a state's democratic elections process.
enumerated powers ANS - Seventeen powers specifically granted to Congress under Article I, section 8
of the Constitution
factions ANS - a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics.
