Principles of Government
What is the term for the idea that government power comes from the consent of the governed?
What is popular sovereignty?
What is the highest law of the United States?
What is the U.S. Constitution?
What is one responsibility of citizens that is required by law?
What is paying taxes?
What is the highest court in the United States?
What is the Supreme Court?
What type of government is ruled by a king or queen?
What is a monarchy?
What document first limited the power of the English monarchy in 1215?
What is the Magna Carta?
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is the term for the process by which a person becomes a U.S. citizen?
What is naturalization?
An agreement in which the people give the government power, and the government uses that power to protect the people's rights
What is social contract?
In what type of government does a single leader have absolute control, often taken by force?
What is a dictatorship?
Which Enlightenment thinker proposed the idea of separation of powers?
Who is Montesquieu?
This rebellion was a direct result of the Articles of Confederation not having the power to collect taxes.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Which amendment guarantees the right to vote regardless of race?
What is the 15th Amendment?
This is the only branch of government that existed under the Articles of Confederation?
What is legislative branch?
What type of government is based on religious laws and led by religious leaders?
What is a theocracy?
What principle of government prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful?
What is checks and balances?
How many articles are in the U.S. Constitution?
What is seven?
What is the term for the duties citizens owe to their country, such as voting and volunteering in your community?
What are civic responsibilities?
Which case established the principle of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
System of government which divides power between the national gov't and the states?
What is federalism?
What term describes a government in which elected representatives make decisions on behalf of the people?
What is a republic?
Which article of the Constitution outlines the powers of the Executive Branch?
What is Article II?
Which Supreme Court case established that students have free speech rights in schools as long as it doesn’t disrupt learning?
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The three levels of the federal court system that will make you "SAD"
What is Supreme, Appellate, District?
This economic and political system is based on public ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods?
What is socialism?