Types of Government
This type of government allows citizens to vote directly on laws.
What is a direct democracy?
The two ways someone can become a U.S. citizen by birth.
What are being born on U.S. soil or having at least one U.S. citizen parent?
Britain’s economic policy that used colonies for raw materials and markets.
What is mercantilism?
The document that limited the power of the English monarchy in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
The philosopher who believed people needed a strong government because they were naturally selfish.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This government system has a king or queen with limited power due to a constitution.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
Daily Double!!!
The process by which a non-citizen becomes a U.S. citizen.
What is naturalization?
A British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of laws on colonies.
What is salutary neglect?
The Enlightenment thinker who argued for natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
The philosopher who believed government should protect life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
In this government system, power is divided between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
The three main responsibilities of a U.S. citizen.
What are voting, being informed, and participating in civic life?
The war that led Britain to tax the colonies more heavily.
What is the French and Indian War?
Daily Double!!!
The document that declared American independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The idea that government should be based on the consent of the governed.
What is the social contract?
A government ruled by a single leader with total control.
What is a dictatorship?
The difference between duties and responsibilities of citizens.
What is that duties are required by law, while responsibilities are voluntary but encouraged?
The famous phrase that protested British taxes without colonial representation.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
The government system created by the Articles of Confederation had a weak _______ government with strong ________ governments.
What is a weak central (national/federal) government with strong state governments?
The two competing metaphors for American diversity.
What are the melting pot and salad bowl theories?
A system where people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
What is a republic (or representative democracy)?
The amendment that defines U.S. citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
The colonial group that organized protests and boycotts against British policies.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The Enlightenment thinker who argued that government should represent the general will of the people.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?