Characteristics
The State
Foundations of Democracy
Economics
Forms of Government
100

The institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies.

What is government?

100

Popular usage (word) for a STATE as a legal entity.

What is nation or country?

100

Jefferson stated that all men are created...

What is equal?

100

Another name for the free enterprise system used in the U.S.

What is capitalism?

100

Abraham Lincoln famously defined this form of government in the 1863 Gettysburg Address when he described America as, "government of the people, by the people and for the people."

What is democracy?

200

Branch of government that has the power to make laws and frame public policy.

What is legislative power?

200

This characteristic of state describes the people living in that region

What is population?

200

In a democracy, the will of the people is dictated by this.

What is majority rule?

200

When goods are plentiful, prices drop. When goods are scarce, prices rise.

What is the law of supply and demand?

200

An alliance of independent states.  

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: A modern example of this form of government.

*You must answer both parts of the question at the same time to receive DOUBLE JEOPARDY credit.

What is a confederation?


DOUBLE JEOPARDY ANSWER: What is the EU (European Union)?

300

Branch of government that has the power to execute, enforce, and administer the law.

What is executive power?

300

Recognized boundaries and land belonging to a state

What is territory?

300

This process of blending and adjusting competing views is essential to ensure effective democracy.

What is compromise?

300

This type of economy includes some degree of government regulation combined with private enterprise.

What is a mixed economy?

300

Government powers are divided between one central and several local governments.

What is a federal government?

400

Branch of government that has the power to interpret laws and determine their meaning.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The highest ruling body of this branch in the U.S.

*You must answer the DOUBLE JEOPARDY question at the same time to receive credit.

What is judicial power?


DOUBLE JEOPARDY answer: What is the United States Supreme Court?

400

Every state has supreme and absolute power within its own territory.


What is sovereignty?

400
According to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, "My right to swing my fist ends..."

What is "where the other man's nose begins"?

400

Areas of economic life promoted by government funding. (Give at least 3 examples)

What are:

-public education?

-first responders (fire, police, EMT)?

-public transportation systems?

-roads/infrastructure?

400

Power is held by the government in a single, centralized agency.

What is unitary government?

500

The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government.

What is a constitution?

500

Every state needs this to avoid what English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588 1679) called "the war of every man against every man."

What is government?

500

The Supreme Court ruled that this foundational right was denied to African Americans in Brown vs. Board of Education.

What is the equality of all persons?

500

Laws that regulate business practices in order to promote competition

What are antitrust laws?

500

Dictators may rule with unlimited power in either single-rule or small, elite-rule governments.

Who are autocracy and oligarchy?

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