7th Grade Midterm 2023

What is the annual number of live births per 1,000 members of a population known as?

Who are permanent residents of the US who are citizens of another country?

What is the system of government that is a representative democracy?

What is the study of the characteristics of human populations called?

Who are people who are trying to escape dangers in their home countries?

What is the official, periodic counting of a population called?

Who exercises political authority over a group of people?

What is the legal process by which an alien may become a citizen called?

Who are legally recognized members of a country?

What is the system in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of the government for them?

Who are people who came from different countries to live in a new country?

What is the system of government that divides powers between national and state governments called?

What is the principle that ensures equal distribution and limits of powers in the U.S. government?

Which branch of the government is responsible for interpreting the law?

What is the term for the power of the government to take private property for public use?

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution includes the right to freedom of religion?

What is the system where there is no centralized government and individuals govern themselves?

Which system of government gives all key powers to the national or central government?

What is the term for the policy requiring men of certain ages and qualifications to serve in the military?

What is the principle that a person cannot be punished for a crime until the law has been fairly applied to his or her case?

What is the government system where power is held by a single individual, usually obtained and maintained through force, and without the consent of the people?

What is the term for the law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions?

What is the term for the rejection of a legislative act by the executive branch?

What is the system of government that divides powers between national and state governments called?

What is the term for a government system where religious leaders hold power and make decisions based on religious principles?

What is the economic system in which the government makes all major economic decisions and controls the factors of production?

What is the principle that allows the courts to review acts of other government branches to decide whether or not they have acted correctly?

What is the philosophy that the government should keep its hands off the economy?

What is the division of power among the three branches of government called?

What is the economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production, distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as health and welfare?

What is the government system where power is held by a small group of individuals, usually based on wealth or social status?

What is an amendment?

Who are the leaders in the US government executive branch responsible for advising the president?

What does the majority rule principle entail?

What is suffrage?

What is the significance of suffrage?

What does suffrage refer to?

What does the principle of separation of church and state refer to?

What does self-incrimination refer to?

What does the concept of separation of church and state aim to achieve?