1 ... Which of the following are powers that the Constitution limits to the state governments and forbids the federal government from exercising?

delegated powers

divided powers

concurrent powers

reserved powers

2 ... Which of the following form the fundamental law of state governments?

state constitutions

colonial charters

treaties

bill of rights

1. The correct answer here is the reserved powers.

The United States of America use a federal organization of the government and that means that the power is shared between the federal government and the individual states. There are certain powers that are reserved only for the states as the individual political entities and those are the reserved powers.

2. The correct answer here is the state constitutions.

The supreme legal of the United States is the Constitution of the United States. This document applies to the federation as a whole. On the other hand every state in the Union has its own Constitution which is the highest legal document of that particular state.