Government Concepts
What document establishes our set of laws?
The Constitution
What are the three branches of the government?
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
The government that represents a total lack of government.
Anarchy
Who is the present governor of Massachusetts?
Charlie Baker
What county does Mr. Leaper live in?
Franklin County
Which political concept argues that you need to use easy to understand descriptions and words in order to convince people to follow your ideas?
Common Sense
What is the role of the executive branch?
To enforce the laws.
The form of government that involves a royal family (United Kingdom).
Monarchy
Who is the present mayor of Greenfield?
Roxann Wedegertner
Which amendment guarantees the right to privacy?
4th Amendment
What is the social contract?
The government agrees to provide and protect our needs; the people agree to support the government.
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
They made the federal government too weak to proper function.
The form of government that we have in the US.
Which branch of government would principal Patenaude belong to?
Executive Branch
Please name the 5 Freedoms of the 1st Amendment.
Freedom of Petition, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly
What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
What is the official name of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
The form of government in Vatican City (run by the Catholic Church).
Theocracy
Who is the head of the judicial branch for all of Massachuestts?
Supreme Judicial Court
What's the difference between public policy and community action?
Community action is completed by private, independent citizens or groups. Public policy are programs or policies associated with the government.
Who developed the concept of the Social Contract?
John Locke; Thomas Hobbes
What is a county?
A territorial division within a state for distributing resources.
What's the difference between a representative democracy and a direct democracy?
In a representative democracy, we choose people to offer political opinions on our behalf; in a direct democracy, we offer our political opinion for ourselves.
Who is the current head of the Greenfield City Council?
Penny Rickets
What does the term feudalism mean?
The concept of distributing government power across different levels- federal, state, and local.