North Carolina Economics, Legal, And Political Systems Review

NORTH CAROLINA
ECONOMICS, LEGAL, AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS
REVIEW
Instructions for use:
A) click mouse and a question will appear with
possible answers.
B) select your answer and click on it.
C) you will be shown the correct answer.
D) click again and the next question will appear
There are approximately 200 prompts in the review, if you
can not finish the review in one setting use the scroll bar to
remember where you left off.
Created by: J. Marshall Gasperson/


Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) James Madison
D) Ben Franklin


Which of the following court cases established
Judicial Review?
A) Gideon v. Wainwright
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Marbury v. Madison
D) Korematsu v. United States


Local governments get most of their revenues from

which of the following:
A) Fees and Fines
B) Property Tax
C) Sales Tax

D) Income Tax


What is largest expenditure for the National government?

A) Military
B) National Parks
C) Welfare programs
D) Foreign Policy


A political party’s beliefs are stated in the
party___________ .
A) Nomination
B) Registration
C) Convention
D) Platform


Which of the following is an example of an Excise tax?

A) Sales tax
B) Gas tax
C) Property tax
D) Income tax

Which of the following provides the most State
revenue?
A) Sales Tax
B) Gas Tax
C) Property Tax
D) Income Tax


Which of the following is a Progressive Tax?

A) Sales Tax
B) Property Tax
C) Income Tax
D) Luxury Tax


What was the original purpose of the Constitutional
Convention?
A) Revise the Constitution
B) Revise the Articles of Confederation
C) Revise the Mayflower Compact
D) Revise the Declaration of Independence


The 13 original state governments had all of the following,
except:
A) Monarchs
B) Bill of Rights

C) Legislative Branches
D) Executive Branches


Which of the following men first stated, “All men are
created equal”:
A) George Washington
B) Jean Jacque Rousseau
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) John Locke


What state did not send a delegate to the Constitutional
Convention?
A) North Carolina
B) Delaware
C) New York

D) Rhode Island


Which of the following creates the budget for the National
Government:
A) Legislative Branch
B) Executive Branch
C) Judicial Branch
D) State Legislatures


The court case Tinker vs. Des Moines School District dealt

with which of the following
A) separation of church and state
B) freedom of the press
C) freedom of speech
D) right to bear arms


Interest Groups often hire ________, to help them influence
legislation.
A. Citizens
B) Commissioners
C) Lobbyists
D) Politicians


Which of the following elects the President:
A) Citizens
B) Electoral College
C) State Legislators
D) State Governors


Which of the following statements is best defined as,
“people equals power”:
A) Popular Sovereignty
B) Natural Rights
C) Citizenship
D) Expressed Powers

Congressional power of 2/3 Override is an example of
which of the following:

A) Popular Sovereignty
B) Representative Democracy
C) Federalism
D) Checks and Balances


Which of the following court cases dealt with freedom of
expression through the burning of the US Flag.
A) Gregg v Georgia
B) Texas v. Johnson
C) Gibbons v. Ogden
D) Wallace v. Jaffee


Which Article of the Constitution establishes the legislative
branch?
A) Article I
B) Article II
C) Article III
D) Article VII


Which of the following has the power to tax?

A) Congress
B) NC General Assembly
C) Boone Town Council

D) All of the Above


Which states opposed the Virginia Plan?
A) Large States
B) All States
C) Small States
D) No States


The United States has which of the following political
systems:
A) One-party system
B) Two-party system
C) Three-party system
D) Multi-party system


Which of the following would be most concerned with the
issue of global warming:
A) National Government
B) State Government
C) Local Government
D) All of the Above