Law
This foundational document, ratified in 1788, outlines the framework of the U.S. federal government and is the supreme law of the land.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The U.S. government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and this one.
What is the judicial branch?
The body of Islamic law derived from the Qur’an, the Hadith, consensus (ijma), and analogical reasoning (qiyas) is known by this name.
What is Sharia
UC Berkeley’s athletic teams are known by this name, inspired by the state’s early history during the Gold Rush era.
What are the Golden Bears
Opened in 1923 and renovated in 2012, this stadium is home to the Golden Bears football team and is built directly over the Hayward Fault.
What is California Memorial Stadium
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known by this name.
What is the Bill of Rights
This term refers to the meeting where a political party officially nominates its presidential candidate and adopts its platform.
What is a national convention
This term refers to the spiritual and mystical branch of Islam
What is Sufism
This 1964 student-led movement began at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, demanding the right to political expression and organizing on campus.
What is the Free Speech Movement
What is the full name of the person after who UC Berkeley's School of Business is named after
What is Gene Haas
In the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, the Court declared that this doctrine had no place in public education.
What is “separate but equal”
This term describes the redrawing of voting district boundaries to favor one political party over another.
What is gerrymandering
This dynasty, which ruled from 661 to 750 CE and made Damascus its capital, was the first great Muslim caliphate after the Rashidun.
What is the Umayyad Caliphate
In the 1960s and 1970s, UC Berkeley became a hub for protests against this major U.S. conflict, reflecting the campus’s deep ties to activism.
What is the Vietnam War
What is the oldest building on campus?
What is South Hall
The case established the constitutional right to remain silent and the right to counsel for defendants in police custody.
What is "Miranda v Arizona"
This political philosophy advocates for minimal government intervention in personal and economic matters, emphasizing individual liberty and free markets.
What is libertarianism
This theological school of thought in early Islam emphasized human free will and divine justice, influencing later rationalist traditions.
What is the Mu‘tazilite school (or Mu‘tazila)
In 1969, activists and community members clashed with authorities over a plot of university-owned land that became this iconic symbol of people’s resistance and public space.
What is People’s Park
This campus building, completed in 1873 and later rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake, houses the College of Natural Resources.
What is North Hall
Under this legal principle, courts are generally bound to follow precedent set by previous judicial decisions.
What is stare decisis
This process occurs every ten years and determines how many seats each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives
What is the census (or congressional reapportionment)
This 12th-century Muslim philosopher and polymath from Andalusia, wrote influential commentaries on Aristotle.
Who is Ibn Rushd
This pioneering nuclear physicist and Berkeley faculty member discovered element 94, plutonium, and later became a central figure in the Manhattan Project.
Who is Glenn T. Seaborg
This building on the west side of campus houses the College of Environmental Design and is named after the famous architect who designed it.
What is Wurster Hall