A. are absolutely separated from one another
B. undergo checks and balances among one another
C. are integrated into a cohesive unit
D. make for speedy decision making

A. vote funds for conducting foreign affairs
B. conduct foreign affairs
C. unanimously approve treaties
D. decide the constitutionality of specific laws

A. reserved
B. delegated
C. confederate
D. legislative

A. signed documents
B. instruments for limiting governmental power
C. possible only in industrial societies
D. characteristic of democracies only

A. The European monarchs
B. Middle Eastern dynasties
C. American Indian chiefdoms
D. None

A. rule of law
B. rule of men
C. rule of public authority
D. rule of the majority

A. At the signing of the Declaration of Independence
B. After the Constitutional Convention of 1788
C. At the Inauguration of George Washington in 1789
D. Both B and C

A. was imitated by the framers of the constitution from Roman forms of government
B. provides for an absolute separation of three branches of government
C. is prescribed by the Constitution
D. was a notion the framers had to abandon

A. give more power to the government
B. restrict the power of the government
C. weaken the government
D. make revolution impossible

A. the caretaker role
B. strict adherence to the written Constitution
C. dynamic political leadership
D. the teflon principle